Filing Cabinets Quality Checks and Control

Normally, the basic purpose of every filing cabinet is to store and organize documents efficiently. Another aspect of their utility is they safeguard your important documents from dust, heat, water, light, and in many cases, fire. Any filing cabinet manufactures as per the issued standards will be good enough to resist rust, fall overs, drops, and impacts.

Inherently, a normally closely packed rows of paper documents can carry significant weight. In normal conditions, a full letter size file drawer weighs approximately between 260 to 310 pounds or 120 to 140 kilograms. Although, any filing cabinet made as per the designated standards may handle this stress, easily. In addition, drawer mechanisms must be working in good condition for the complete lifetime of the cabinet. It also applies to the compressor responsible for tightly hold the paper documents. Similarly, the drawers must be smooth in operation and never open inadvertently.

The normal system of testing incorporates implementing specific methods to bypass the entire lifetime of the file cabinet, instantaneously. Technically, the force required open a drawer is calculated using a specific spring scale. In general conditions, the weight is attached to a door, then opened and closed for about fifty thousand times to replicate twenty years of usage.

It is also important to understand tolerances and dimensions of the file cabinet play an important role in the cabinet manufacturing process. Further, the dimensions of a file cabinet manufactured by a particular company can slightly differ from the cabinet made by the other company. To counter such issues, file cabinets are manufactured in accordance with the standard folder sizes. Similarly, the drawer space for storing files and folders is about 1 cm broader than a standard sized folder.

Specifically, there are some file cabinets that are fire-poof, which prevents your confidential files to be safe from any fire related accident. Generally, each fireproof file cabinet will have a particular rating as per the designated rating authority. This rating signifies the temperature range in which the cabinet can resist the fire. In general, fireproof cabinets, the temperature 355 degrees Fahrenheit or 177 degrees Celsius is considered under the temperature in which your documents will remain safe. Moreover, there are certain cabinets provide one-hour safety provision that safeguards your documents for a minimu of one hour at temperatures of 1704 degree Fahrenheit or 927 degrees Celsius. Though, the ideal temperature for storing important documents in your filing cabinet is between 66 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit or 18 to 24 degrees Celsius. While, the relative humidity must be 50 percent.