SciMatCo Wooden Flammable Storage Cabinets

 

Wood burns.  So how can it possibly better than a metal cabinet in a fire.  First, wood is a thermal insulator and will not distort or bend in the heat of a fire. The rapid rise in temperature due to a fire will have minimum impact on the inside temperature of a fire.  Metal conducts heat.  During a fire metal flammables cabinets can and will pass the rapid rise in temperature on to the contents in the flammables cabinets.  Glass bottles in a metal flammables cabinet have been know to break, releasing their vapors and liquids.  Metal containers can pop their lids due to high temperatures experienced during a fire.  In short, metal cabinets become ovens when involved in a fire.

 

Another key point to consider is that wooden flammable cabinets do not distort or bend when in a fire.  Metal flammable cabinets can bend and distort in a fire, opening themselves and their contents to the flames.  In order for the fire to get inside a wooden cabinet is for it to burn all the way thru.

 

Each flammables cabinet is constructed with 1" plywood using specifications developed by both OSHA, NFPA and the UFC to meet all the requirements for a flammables cabinet.

 

 

• Meets all OSHA, NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) and UFC (Uniform Fire Code) standards
• Cabinets are constructed of 1" thick, multi-ply, exterior-grade plywood
• Finished with yellow chemical-resistant paint (inside and out)
• Provided with lock and two keys; all hardware chemical-resistant
• Continuous piano-type hinges on door
• All cabinet joints are rabbeted to provide exceptional cabinet strength
• Cabinet floor constructed as a 2" liquid-tight trough to contain spillage 
• Self-closing doors available upon request

 

Please watch the short video of a wooden SciMatCo flammables cabinet and a metal flammables cabinet both engulfed in flames for 12 minutes.  We were just as surpised at the results as you will be.

 

 

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