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The Norlab Sample Storage Cabinets offer the highest level of sample integrity protection that your laboratory requires for storing biological, chemical, and sensitive research materials:
• Preservation
Our sample storage cabinets maintain stable, controlled conditions that protect your specimens, reagents, and research materials from contamination, degradation, and environmental exposure. Purpose-built storage organisation across every shelf and compartment.
• Customisation
Our sample storage cabinets can be customised in size, shelving configuration, locking mechanisms, material finish, and ventilation options to match the specific storage requirements and spatial layout of your laboratory.
• Compliance
Our sample storage cabinets meet SEFA 8, AS/NZS 2982, and ISO 9001 standards, ensuring your laboratory maintains the structural integrity and safety requirements needed for every audit and accreditation review.
Easy Inventory
Optimal Space
Lockable Doors
Ventilated Airflow
Label Holder
Extended Warranty
Norlab sample storage cabinets are engineered using galvanised steel and cold-rolled steel, paired with chemical-resistant interior surfaces designed to withstand prolonged contact with reagents, solvents, and biological materials. Reinforced shelving and robust door mechanisms ensure structural stability and secure access control across every storage compartment. Every unit is manufactured under strict Australian quality standards and designed to preserve sample integrity, prevent cross-contamination, and support full traceability of your laboratory materials throughout every stage of the research process.
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NLD 44587 | HPLC Column Storage |
NLD 4481 | Sample Storage |
NLD 4456327 | Glassware Storage |
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Dimensions: |
500″ x 450″ x 820″ mm |
1200″ x 600″ x 2100″ mm |
500″ x 450″ x 1800″ mm |
• SEFA 8
Performance standard developed by the Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) for laboratory furniture systems, including storage cabinets, casework, shelving, and laboratory support furniture. Establishes testing and performance requirements for structural integrity, load capacity, durability, impact resistance, finish performance, moisture resistance, and long-term reliability under laboratory operating conditions. Widely used to evaluate laboratory storage solutions intended for research, pharmaceutical, healthcare, educational, industrial, and government laboratory environments where secure sample organisation and dependable storage performance are essential.
• AS/NZS 2982
Australian and New Zealand standard for the design and construction of laboratory facilities. Establishes requirements and recommendations for laboratory layouts, equipment integration, safety considerations, workflow efficiency, material selection, and storage systems used within laboratory environments. Provides guidance to ensure laboratory furniture and storage cabinets are suitable for supporting safe, functional, and efficient laboratory operations across research, healthcare, pharmaceutical, educational, industrial, and scientific facilities throughout Australia and New Zealand.
• 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 sample storage cabinets, ISO 9001 certification demonstrates that manufacturing operations follow recognised quality management practices designed to ensure consistent product quality, durability, reliability, and compliance with customer and regulatory requirements across laboratory, healthcare, educational, pharmaceutical, and industrial applications.
• The cabinet organisation is exceptionally efficient, and our internal audits consistently confirm proper sample segregation and traceability. This upgrade has reduced handling errors and significantly improved our laboratory storage workflow. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Our facility manages a high volume of critical samples every day, so dependable storage is essential. Norlab’s sample storage cabinets deliver exactly what we need, secure organisation, smooth access, and complete confidence in our sample integrity. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
No, and this is one of the most consequential mix-ups in laboratory procurement. Sample storage cabinets are engineered for the secure organisation and integrity protection of biological specimens, research materials, HPLC columns, and glassware. They are not rated, listed, or designed to contain flammable liquids, concentrated acids, or other hazardous chemicals.
Safety storage cabinets — which are a separate product category — are certified and constructed with double-wall steel construction, intumescent door seals, and self-closing mechanisms specifically to contain a fire event and meet applicable Australian fire safety and hazardous chemical storage requirements. Storing flammables in a sample storage cabinet creates a serious fire and compliance risk. If your facility needs both types of storage, Norlab’s Safety Storage Cabinets line covers hazardous chemical storage, and sample storage cabinets handle everything else.
The three configurations address fundamentally different storage needs. HPLC column storage cabinets (NLD 44587) are compact units — 500 mm wide × 820 mm high — with interior organisation optimised for storing chromatography columns upright and protected from vibration, light, and temperature fluctuation that degrade stationary phase performance.
Sample storage cabinets (NLD 4481) are full-height units — 1200 mm wide × 2100 mm high — designed for high-volume specimen and reagent organisation with lockable doors and ventilated airflow for biological and chemical materials. Glassware storage cabinets (NLD 4456327) are narrow tall units — 500 mm wide × 1800 mm high — with shelving configured for glassware protection, preventing breakage and cross-contamination between items.
If your laboratory has multiple storage needs, these units are designed to be used together within the same cabinetry layout. Norlab’s team specifies the right combination based on your inventory and space during the design consultation.
Norlab’s sample storage cabinets are manufactured to SEFA 8, ISO 7170:2021, and DIN EN 16121 standards. SEFA 8 is a recognised laboratory furniture structural performance standard and is commonly referenced when evaluating laboratory storage systems.
ISO 7170:2021 covers structural strength, stability, and load-bearing performance. DIN EN 16121 addresses professional storage furniture performance under sustained use conditions. Unlike equipment that requires periodic performance recertification — such as fume cupboards or biological safety cabinets — sample storage cabinets do not require scheduled recertification after installation.
What does require periodic review is the condition of lockable mechanisms and door seals if the cabinets are part of a chain-of-custody or controlled-access protocol in regulated environments such as GMP facilities or ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratories. Those reviews are driven by your quality management system, not by the cabinet standard itself.
The lockable door mechanisms on Norlab’s sample storage cabinets provide the physical access control layer that chain-of-custody protocols require. In regulated environments — pharmaceutical QC laboratories, forensic laboratories, clinical diagnostic facilities, and ISO/IEC 17025-accredited testing laboratories — the cabinet must restrict unauthorised access to samples and maintain a documented access record. The lock configuration options (keyed, master-keyed, or restricted-key systems) are specified based on your access control requirements during the design phase.
For facilities that require electronic access logging, the cabinet’s lock interface can be specified to accommodate electronic lock hardware. Label holder features on each shelf and compartment support the physical traceability layer — each storage position can be labelled with sample identifiers, lot numbers, or storage condition requirements, reducing handling errors during retrieval.
The galvanised steel and cold-rolled steel structure of Norlab’s sample storage cabinets is designed for 20 to 30 years of service life under normal laboratory conditions. The cabinet body itself is not a wear component — it will outlast most laboratory refurbishments.
The components that require attention first are the door hinges and closure mechanisms (typically at 8 to 12 years of daily use), adjustable shelf supports and shelf clips (which can fatigue under heavy or unevenly distributed loads earlier if overloaded), and the ventilation airflow ports (which should be inspected annually to ensure they’re clear of debris that would restrict airflow in ventilated configurations).
In cabinets with locking mechanisms, the cylinder and latch wear at a rate proportional to access frequency — high-traffic cabinets in busy laboratories may need hardware servicing in 5 to 7 years. All hardware components are replaceable individually without requiring cabinet replacement.
Your laboratory’s sample integrity solved — stored, organised, and traceable from day one.
Tell us what you’re storing and we’ll recommend the right cabinet configuration, temperature control, and access system — at no cost, no obligation.
Expert guidance included — free 3D design
Our lab safety specialists review your project personally.
Fully custom — size, shelving, lock system, labeling
Built around your sample volume, access protocols, and workflow.
Australian owned & operated — nationwide delivery
Manufactured and supported from Victoria.
