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The Norlab Safety Storage Cabinets offer the highest level of fire protection that your laboratory requires for the secure segregation and containment of flammable, corrosive, and hazardous substances:
• Fire Protection
Our safety storage cabinets provide up to 60 minutes of certified fire-resistant containment, with self-closing doors, dual-wall steel construction, and integrated spill trays that prevent hazardous liquids from reaching ignition sources during an emergency. Built to contain the threat before it becomes a catastrophe.
• Customisation
Our safety storage cabinets can be customised in size, colour coding, shelving configuration, ventilation setup, and chemical compatibility lining to match the specific hazard classes, segregation requirements, and spatial layout of your laboratory.
• Compliance
Our safety storage cabinets meet SEFA 11, AS 1940, and ISO 9001 standards, ensuring your laboratory passes every fire safety and chemical storage inspection without exceptions.
Optimal Space
Fire Resistance
Lockable Doors
Extractor & Filter
Adjustable Interior
Extended Warranty
Norlab safety storage cabinets are engineered using galvanised steel, cold-rolled type or HPL phenolic construction and controlled manufacturing processes under strict Australian quality standards. Each unit is designed to support secure chemical segregation, durable corrosion resistance, and efficient laboratory organisation.
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Reference |
NLDA998 |
NLDA997 |
NLDA994C |
NLDA999 |
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Tray Capacity |
20 Liters |
40 Liters |
20 Liters |
8 Liters |
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External Dimensions: |
1000″ x 500″ x 1800″ mm |
1000″ x 500″ x 1800″ mm |
1200″ x 400″ x 1800″ mm |
600″ x 500″ x 1800″ mm |
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Interior Dimensions: |
920″ x 430″ x 1530″ mm |
920″ x 430″ x 1530″ mm |
960″ x 350″ x 1530″ in |
520″ x 430″ x 1530″ in |
• SEFA 11
Performance standard developed by the Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) for liquid chemical storage systems used in laboratory environments. Establishes requirements and guidelines for the design, construction, installation, ventilation, chemical compatibility, spill containment, segregation, and safe storage of hazardous liquids, including flammable, corrosive, acidic, alkaline, and other laboratory chemicals. Provides performance criteria intended to support fire prevention, personnel protection, chemical management, and regulatory compliance in facilities handling hazardous substances.
• AS 1940
Australian Standard governing the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids. Establishes design, construction, ventilation, spill containment, fire protection, segregation, labelling, and operational requirements for safety storage cabinets intended to store hazardous flammable substances. Widely applied across laboratories, pharmaceutical facilities, healthcare institutions, manufacturing plants, educational facilities, and industrial workplaces throughout Australia to support fire risk management, regulatory compliance, and safe chemical storage practices.
• AS/NZS 2243.10
Australian and New Zealand laboratory safety standard covering the storage of chemicals within laboratory environments. Establishes requirements for chemical segregation, hazard identification, risk management, cabinet selection, labelling, ventilation considerations, and safe storage practices for hazardous substances. Commonly referenced by research laboratories, universities, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical operations, industrial testing centres, and educational institutions to promote safe laboratory operations and minimise risks associated with chemical storage and handling.
• ISO 9001
International quality management standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Establishes requirements for a documented Quality Management System (QMS) focused on consistent manufacturing processes, quality assurance, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and product traceability. For safety storage cabinets, ISO 9001 certification demonstrates that manufacturing operations follow recognised quality management practices designed to ensure consistent product quality, reliability, durability, and compliance with customer and regulatory requirements across laboratory, healthcare, educational, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications.
• The build quality is outstanding, and our compliance inspections consistently confirm proper segregation and safe chemical containment. Since installing these cabinets, we have minimised exposure risks and strengthened our overall laboratory safety standards. 
• Our laboratory handles sensitive chemicals daily, so secure storage is critical. Norlab’s safety storage cabinets provide exactly what we needed, reliable containment, smooth access, and complete peace of mind for our team.
No. Acids and bases are incompatible chemicals that must be stored in separate safety cabinets. If containers leak or break inside the cabinet, mixing acids and bases can produce violent exothermic reactions, toxic fumes, or corrosive splashes. Acid-rated safety cabinets typically feature polyethylene or polypropylene-lined interiors that resist acid corrosion, while base cabinets use different liner materials.
Norlab manufactures dedicated safety storage cabinets for both acid and base storage, each with appropriate interior coatings and ventilation configurations to ensure safe segregated containment.
Yes, but proper segregation requires multiple safety cabinets — you cannot store incompatible chemicals in the same unit. AS/NZS 2243 and AS 1940 guidelines require that flammables, corrosives (acids and bases separately), oxidisers, and toxics each be stored in dedicated safety cabinets designed for that specific hazard class.
Mixing incompatible chemicals in one cabinet creates dangerous reaction risks in the event of a spill or container failure. Norlab offers safety storage cabinets in configurations for flammables, corrosives, combustibles, and pesticides, allowing laboratories to implement complete chemical segregation within a single room.
The selection of safety cabinets depends on your chemical hazard classification: yellow cabinets are designated for flammable liquids, blue cabinets for corrosive acids, white cabinets for corrosive bases, red cabinets for combustible materials, and green cabinets for pesticides or phytosanitary products.
Review your chemical inventory by GHS hazard class, then match each group to the appropriate cabinet type. Norlab offers a complete range of colour-coded safety storage cabinets and can review your chemical inventory to recommend the correct quantity and type for full regulatory compliance.
With proper use and maintenance, safety cabinets from Norlab have an expected structural lifespan of 15–25 years. The most common causes of premature deterioration are: storing incompatible chemicals that produce corrosive vapours attacking the interior coating, overloading shelves beyond their rated capacity (55 kg per shelf), failing to clean spills promptly from the pull-out trays, and neglecting ventilation which allows corrosive vapour concentration to degrade interior surfaces.
The heavy-duty steel construction and powder-coated finishes on Norlab safety storage cabinets are engineered to resist these degradation factors under normal laboratory operating conditions.
Safety cabinets must not block emergency exits, egress pathways, or emergency equipment (showers, eyewash stations, fire extinguishers). AS 1940 recommends placing safety storage cabinets away from ignition sources, direct sunlight, and heat-generating equipment.
They should be positioned on level surfaces capable of supporting the loaded weight, and ideally near the point of chemical use to minimise transport distances of hazardous containers through the laboratory. Norlab offers both full-height and under-bench safety storage cabinets, giving laboratories flexibility to position compliant storage exactly where workflow demands without compromising emergency access or fire safety clearances.
Your laboratory’s chemical storage solved — specified to your exact requirements.
Tell us what you’re storing and we’ll recommend the right cabinet configuration, certifications, and extraction setup — at no cost, no obligation.
Expert guidance included — free 3D design
Our lab safety specialists review your project personally.
Fully custom — size, color, ventilation, shelving
Built around your workflow and chemical inventory.
Australian owned & operated — nationwide delivery
Manufactured and supported from Victoria.
