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Types of Filing Cabinets
Filing cabinets are categorised according to documents you want to store. Standard legal documents and letters
can be stored in vertical or lateral filing cabinets.
If you need to store larger drawings and plans then you will
need plan file cabinets.
For important documents you may want to consider fire rated filing cabinet.
Smaller index
cards and CDs or DVDs you can store inside multimedia or duplex file cabinets. And there is a whole mechanical
filing system, also known as compatus.
Vertical Filing Cabinets are commonly used in most offices. While their holding capacity is less
than a lateral cabinet, they take up much less wall space, and their price is lower.
Lateral files offer more flexibility in terms of filling; you can file different size documents
in the same drawer. They also have larger holding capacity; holding about one-third more files than a vertical
unit.
Plan File Cabinets are design to store plans and other large size documents (e.g. A0, A1, B1 size paper).
Plans and documents can be stored either horizontally or vertically.
Fire Rated Filing Cabinets can maintain an interior temperature of less than 177 degree Celsius
for one hour even in a 927 degree fire.
Mechanical Filing System (Compactus) consist of rolling cabinets that can store many more files
in a set amount of floor space. To access the files you simply roll or move cabinets apart to create an aisle. They offer
2 main advantages. Savings on costly floor space by up to half. And access is quicker due to better organization and controlled storage.