A dental laboratory specialising in the manufacture of orthodontics and pediatric orthodontic appliances has installed new workbenches from Lista at its newly opened facility.
The Lista Arlink modular bench system provided a combination of affordability, flexibility and durability to meet the lab's needs and allow it to adapt to the future expansion.
New England Orthodontic Laboratory (NEO-Lab), in Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a dental laboratory specialising in orthodontics and pediatric dentistry appliances.
The staff of 20 technicians produces more than 150 different acrylic and stainless-steel products, including retainers, night guards, mouthguards, expansion appliances and holding arches.
The Arlink system has both stationary and mobile configurations, for the greatest flexibility.
The offering of system components and accessories allows a lab to design the exact bench they need.
Both sides of the bench's supporting columns can be used in combination with corner work surfaces to form L, T, U and X arrangements.
Workstations can be arranged back to back for even greater flexibility.
Ergonomic design features make the benches extremely comfortable, eliminating wasted motion, and minimising fatigue and strain.
The Lista Arlink modular bench system comes in a choice of durable work surfaces, allowing the lab to select the best surface for its tasks.
Each technician has their own 5ft universal bench, equipped with drawers that fit the lab's exact height specifications and incorporating ample lighting with a full-length horizontal 3ft bench light with dual lamps.
The system is also configured so one switch can turn off the entire laboratory.
The benches have versatile configurations, ensuring that each bench has its own sense of space, but without such separation that people are working totally alone.
On one wall there may be three benches in a line, while another may use metal privacy panels to group four units together, while making sure that facing benches are visually separated from each other.
Lista offers several types of privacy panels in materials such as dry erase and tackboard, but the employees chose metal panels for a clean look and the ability to use magnets to easily post papers and such personal items as photographs.
Neo-Lab also benefited from Lista's complete dental lab product line when it needed casework for the new facility.
It was able to purchase a variety of drawer- and shelf-based casework for use in storage of acrylic, metal and other supplies and fittings.
It also purchased integrated sink units from Lista for a high-quality, affordable and stylish finish.
