Wood-grain steel manual mobile shelving in a warm-toned archive

No.08 · Wood-grain manual shelving

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Manual mobile shelving — a folding handwheel, a chain, twelve newtons — wrapped in a heat-transfer wood-grain film fused into the powder coat. No power. No laminate that peels at the edge.

Request a quote See the four tones

The material library § 01

Four tones.
Tap to dress the page.

Each panel is real steel under a wood-grain film. Tap a tone and the page takes its colour — the same swatch you would write on the order.

Light Oak

Warm honey. Bright offices, libraries and front-of-house reading rooms.

Walnut

Deep brown. Boardrooms, partners’ suites and heritage-feel spaces.

Cherry

Red-brown. Warm, traditional rooms that want a little presence.

Grey Ash

Cool greige. Quiet, contemporary interiors that still read as wood.

The daily three § 02

Three motions.
That’s the whole training.

UnlockThe central lock releases the run — one key, three management levels, no per-bay keys to lose.
Quarter-turnA quarter turn of the folding handwheel, and the chain walks the whole run along its rail. Twelve newtons — about the pull of a desk drawer.
Walk in & let goThe drive self-locks the moment you stop turning: parked bays hold position, and the aisle stays open until you close it.

A new clerk learns it in a minute. No password, no screen, no induction session.

How it moves

Doors & fittings § 03

Dress the run how you file.

The same wood-grain bay ships in four faces. Mix them in one run — closed cabinets down the visible wall, open shelves behind, hanging files where the casework lives.

Closed steel doors

Full-height leaves wrapped in the same wood-grain film — dust, light and curious eyes all stay out. The room reads as joinery, not storage.

Glass display doors

Tempered glass in an aluminium frame — for award shelves, sample libraries and archive rows you want visible but untouched.

Open shelves & dividers

Box files straight on the shelf, or steel dividers every 30 mm to keep ring binders and ledgers standing to attention.

Hanging-file frames

Twin-rail frames turn a shelf into a filing drawer — suspension files slide across, and a whole year of casework moves in one lift.

Where manual wins § 04

Rooms that never ask for power.

i.No conduit, no approvalBasements, heritage buildings and leased floors often forbid new wiring. A manual run needs exactly none — the install is rail, bays and a handwheel.

ii.Silent rooms stay silentNo motor hum, no standby electronics, no alert chimes. A reading room stays a reading room — the aisle opens at a murmur, under 55 dB(A).

iii.Nothing to renewNo motor service contracts, no control-board spares, no software life to outlive. The drivetrain is chain, shaft and bearings — checked, not serviced.

Get a layout, not a leaflet § 05

Pick a tone. Send the room.

Room dimensions, what you store, and the tone you liked — we return a layout drawing, a container plan and an FOB quote within one working day.

Light Oak Walnut Cherry Grey Ash

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