Work Surfaces

ESD Laminate

Formaspace ESD kits ensure high quality production of electronic components, practically eliminating surface shedding to provide a tough, durable work surface. Our ESD laminates are highly resistant to abrasion and humidity, ensuring many years of ESD compliance. Formaspace ESD kits come with special heavy-duty brass contact plugs so you can have the confidence you need for sensitive electronics design, testing, production, and repair.

Advantages:

• The industry's highest standard in ESD furniture
• Factory Direct Pricing
• Low-cost customization is available

Standard Laminate

Standard laminate is a good all-around surface material, which we supply with a radiused comfort edge for ergonomic support. Our standard laminates are laid over high density engineered substrate using environmentally sensitive adhesives.

Advantages:

• Durable and attractive in light to moderate duty applications
• Very easy and inexpensive to customize to your size requirements
• Huge variety of color options available

Drafting Table Adjustable Surface

Formaspace cantilevered super duty surfaces offer total flexibility combined with the ultimate in rugged industrial appeal. The Formaspace drafting table is easily the most durable professional drafting table available on the market today!

Galvanized Steel

Galvanized steel is tough and lower cost than most other metal surfaces, making it ideal for use in heavy-duty industrial or production applications. Galvanized steel is coated in zinc, so it won't corrode unless the zinc plating is worn off by heavy abrasive use. Galvanized steel can also be used in office or other settings where customers desire a heavy-duty industrial appearance.

Advantages:

• Low cost compared to other metal surfaces
• High durability
• Unique appearance

High Density Polyethylene

Despite it's tough sounding name, high density polyethylene (HDPE) is soft compared to other surface materials. That makes it great for working on soft or delicate products which may scratch against harder surfaces. HDPE is often used in laboratory environments due to its lack of porosity and resistance to many solvents.

Advantages:

• Very soft
• Nonabsorbent
• Resistant to many solvents
• Economical alternative to other specialty surfaces

Maple

Maple surfaces look awesome and can take a pounding, making them ideal for a wide variety of uses, including high-end residential and office applications as well as heavy duty industrial applications. After years of tough use, maple surfaces retain their natural beauty and character. Constructed of solid hardwood, kilned dried and milled to exacting standards, our maple tops are 1 ¾" thick edge-grain with
1/8" roundover edges.

Advantages:

• Beautiful natural character
• High durability
• Soft surfaces protect knives and other sharp equipment
• Easy to replace in particularly heavy duty applications
• Clear, very durable hard finish is easy to keep clean; does not easily spot or stain

Phenolic Resin

Phenolic resin is well suited to numerous industrial and laboratory applications. Phenolic resin is a non-absorbent, moderately chemically resistant, heat resistant, moisture resistant, easy to clean, extremely hard material. Formaspace stocks phenolic resin in multiple colors, and can special order custom colors on request.

Advantages:

• Totally nonabsorbent
• Unique appearance
• Very popular in hematology, urology, and other healthcare applications

Stainless Steel

Stainless steel is recommended in carbon-based chemical labs, clean rooms, and specialty settings. Stainless is easy to clean and non-absorbent, so it has no pores or cracks to harbor dirt, grime, or bacteria. Attractive and requires minimal care. Stainless steel is the greenest material Formaspace carries due its infinite design lifetime and 100%, low-energy recyclability.

Advantages:

• 0% absorbency for easy cleaning
• Beautiful, timeless appearance you will be proud of for many years
• 100% recyclable

Chemical Resistant Laminate

Chemical resistant laminate offers moderate resistance to non-corrosive and non-volatile chemicals. Chemical resistant laminates are suggested for light duty laboratory applications or where price is the most important purchase criteria.

Advantages:

• Lowest price among chemical resistant options
• In stock for quick delivery
• Low-cost customization is available

Chemical resistant laminates are not suggested in environments where surfaces may come in contact with carbon-based chemicals, environments conducive to communicable diseases, or environments prohibiting volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Epoxy Resin

Epoxy resin offers the highest and most trusted standard in chemical resistance, including corrosive chemicals, as well as very high temperature tolerance. Epoxy is extremely strong and long lasting, and is now available in a wide variety of custom cuts and colors.

Advantages:

• Highest chemical resistance for long lasting visual appeal
• Low lifetime total cost of ownership
• Since epoxy holds up under a wide variety of activities, it offers high flexibility for labs which may be re-tasked later

Epoxy is a custom order, and may be subject to unpredictable lead times to delivery.