Metal cabinet for storing documents, design pros and cons

The best way to store important papers is a metal cabinet for storing documents that can provide them with security. This design is able to preserve securities even under extreme conditions.

Purpose and features

Metal furniture, which is an ergonomic device for the most convenient work, is gaining more and more popularity. At all enterprises there is a need to preserve important papers. For these purposes, it is advisable to choose a metal cabinet, which is considered an excellent alternative to battered office furniture in the form of wooden structures.

Such cabinets are necessary to store accounting, legal, technical documentation, prints, securities, and will also be suitable for the preservation of things, money. Their main task is to ensure the correct archiving, quick search for the necessary documents, which can significantly increase labor productivity.

Advantages of metal products:

high strength - the design is able to maintain its original appearance after numerous loads, prolonged use and the negative effects of the environment;
compactness - products provide the organization of the necessary documentation and important things even in a small room;
reliability - furniture is equipped with complex locks, hidden hinges, providing increased protection against unauthorized access;
environmental friendliness - in the manufacture of the cabinet is not subjected to processing by resins, other harmful chemicals, like wooden products;
durability - this advantage is due to the fact that the steel sheets are coated with a powder polymer composition having high wear resistance and resistance to the most aggressive environmental conditions;
unpretentiousness in terms of temperature differences and humidity;
the ability to change the color of iron surfaces of furniture at any time;
simplicity in operation;
attractive, stylish furniture design that allows you to harmoniously fit it into any interior.

Due to such a number of advantages, a metal product almost completely replaced a wooden cabinet.

Kinds

Metal cabinets, taking into account their main purpose, are divided into accounting, file cabinet, archive, sliding wardrobe.

Accounting

Such a product is manufactured using steel sheets with a thickness of 1.5-2 mm, as well as equipping the design with strong crossbar cylinder locks. For reliability in the manufacture of cabinets, welding is used. Also, the products have overhead doors, secret locks, which are characterized by strength and resistance to breaking. The internal device contains stationary shelves, and in some models there are additional locking cells - tracers.

Card index

Card index - the main function of file cabinets is to store and organize documents in formats from A0 to A6. They differ in design from other furniture, as they have a box storage system. Such cabinets with drawers are designed for heavy loads - about 60 kg each, and are also equipped with durable roller guides, equipped with an anti-tipping device that does not allow the simultaneous extension of more than one drawer. Some models are equipped with drawers divided internally into sections, which makes it convenient to arrange documents from the inside.

The specialized product is designed for convenient placement of documentation and a quick search for the necessary information, as the boxes are pulled out to the full depth, providing access to the farthest papers.

Metal filing cabinets with cells are installed in banks, hospitals, libraries and other organizations. Thanks to such furniture, you can easily find the necessary information in the cells without any extra time.

Archival

According to their purpose, metal archive cabinets resemble an accounting model, they differ only in more overall dimensions. With this design, you can ensure permanent storage for a significant amount of documentation. These products are used by enterprises to maintain their archives. This documentation is very sensitive, it needs a special microclimate, so steel sheets up to 2 mm are used in the manufacturing process. The metal archival version has a simple design, inside which there is the required number of shelves to accommodate a large number of securities.

Closet

The main purpose of such structures is the preservation of documentation in archives and organizations. They differ from accounting and archive cabinets in the arrangement of doors with a sliding mechanism. This makes it possible to create paper archives even in a small room. Metal archive cabinets are considered a good solution for corridors, since they do not need additional space at the time of opening the doors. This allows you to optimally use the area of the room and save valuable space when organizing an archive room.

Archival cabinets are welded or collapsible design. The first are purchased ready-made and do not require assembly. The disadvantage is that during transportation difficulties may arise with transportation. Prefabricated archive cabinets are deprived of such a nuisance, since they can be easily assembled and disassembled, but at the same time they are less reliable in terms of the security of important information and things.

Shapes and sizes

The sizes of metal cabinets can vary depending on the type of structure: from small desktop models to conventional size structures. Specifications are given in the table.

Cabinets	Archival	Card files	Accounting	Closet
Height	50 - 200 cm	60 - 160 cm	65-150 cm	up to 200 cm
Width	50 - 120 cm	40 - 100 cm	45 cm	60-120 cm
Depth	30 - 45 cm	40 -65 cm	35 cm	45 cm
Number of shelves / drawers	from 1 to 5 shelves	2 to 9 boxes	1 to 3 shelves	up to 4 shelves
Shelf load	up to 60 kg	up to 30 kg	up to 30 kg	up to 60 kg
Metal thickness	1.0 - 2.0 mm	0.8 - 1.0 mm	1.2 mm	0.8 mm

Models are distinguished by rectangular, linear, angular U-shaped. Archival metal linear cabinet is popular because it is small in size, allowing you to place them anywhere. In rooms of a small area with free space in the corner, the best option would be to buy archive cabinets with an angular design. U-shaped models consist of two separate sections, which are connected by a mezzanine. They have good capacity, but need a lot of free space.

Useful modifications

Equipping the cabinet for documents with additional elements will help ensure maximum convenience and practicality in use. The internal structure of both the wardrobe and other types of furniture can be varied, made in any version.

They can be equipped with:

height-adjustable shelves;
retractable frames;
swinging, sliding doors;
internal branches;
built-in internal safe;
tracers - an additional internal department having a separate lock;
reliable types of key and electronic locks;
mountings to the wall or floor, this precaution will protect furniture from being taken out by intruders.

It is important that everything is systematized and conveniently located.

Rules for selection and placement

When choosing metal furniture, you should focus on the following aspects:

attention should be paid to the dimensions of the furniture. Dimensions must be selected in accordance with the area of the room and the place of the proposed installation;
the product must be made of stainless steel of appropriate thickness. This applies not only to the cabinet body, but also to the shelves, accessories;
for convenience, the operational characteristics and features of the installed product should be taken into account: the number of shelves, cells, sections that will be cluttered with archival documents, as well as the presence of drawers and a built-in internal safe;
safety must be taken into account so that the doors of the metal cabinet are equipped with reliable locks with increased secrecy, which prevents unauthorized access to the contents;
it is necessary to check that the design does not have defects, deformations, scratches and other damages;
make sure the reliability of the joints, retractable mechanisms, accessories. Doors with locks, drawers should be silent, easily open and close;
each plane of the cabinet with documents must be covered with appropriate protective equipment;
furniture design should be in harmony with the general space of the room. Properly selected design can positively affect the work of employees.

You can choose metal cabinets for storing documents on the basis of other parameters, for example, color and style of decoration. It is important that the environment is functional, consistent with its purpose, and helps create a normal workflow.

In order to use furniture as comfortably and conveniently as possible during operation, it is necessary to make sure that you have a certificate confirming factory quality and compliance with GOST before buying.

Furniture for documents and archive cabinets for general use should be placed in such a place that every employee can easily approach it and use it as intended. Documents intended for general use must be placed in places of the lowest concentration of human resources, otherwise colleagues will delay each other.

Labor efficiency depends on many factors, among which the proper arrangement of furniture and the organization of the archive play an important role. In this matter, you need not only to trust the advice of designers, but also to take into account the wishes of the users themselves. A well-thought-out interior created by stylish and functional cabinets will help employees to arrive at work in an excellent mood and be able to fully use their talents to solve production issues. A metal cabinet for storing documents is popular due to its reliability. An additional attraction is its universal, stylish, laconic design.