Custom Workstations & Work Benches
At custom workstations, the top sits at the operator's working height, carries the equipment mounted on it, and leaves the knees and the cable route clear. K-Display makes the frame, top, shelves, and mounting plates in carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum to your drawings.
Workstations we build for packing and picking
We build custom workstations for packing and picking cells, fixed in place: a welded frame, a metal top, shelves, and plates that carry a monitor or a scanner. A work bench takes the same frame and top with shelves and tool supports. Frame and top are carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum, powder coated, with self-clinching nuts, leveling feet, and hardware installed. A knocked-down station ships with its top and bolts kitted.
A floor frame that carries a machine or a fixture is built as welded frames & weldments, and a station that rolls between cells as an industrial carts & dollies frame.
The slots in the mounting plate let the equipment shift until its bolt pattern lines up, and then the bolts clamp it. A slot leaves the adjustment for any shift in the welded frame, where a drilled hole fixes the position.
Workstation parts we make
- Workstation frames
- Welded legs, rails, and crossmembers at the working height, on leveling feet or bolted to the floor.
- Tops and shelves
- Formed metal tops and shelves with edge returns, cable openings, and cutouts for the equipment.
- Equipment mounting plates
- Plates and brackets on the top or the frame, slotted or drilled to the footprint of a monitor or a scanner.
- Cable trays and tool supports
- Formed trays behind or under the top and supports for tools and purchased accessories.
Height, knee space, and what the top carries
- Working height
- A seated station and a standing station put the top at different heights, so a top set for one suits the other poorly. We weld the legs to the working height and add leveling feet, so the top can be leveled on an uneven floor.
- Knee space
- A seated operator needs open depth under the top, and a front rail across it meets the knees. We set the rails and crossmembers at the sides and back and leave the front open.
- Equipment load path
- A monitor arm or a scanner mount loads the top at its mounting plate, and over an open span the top flexes under it. We locate the plate over a frame member.
Frame, top, and mounts built to the station's height
Nut threads are masked before the powder coat, so the top and the equipment bolt into clean threads.
Cut the frame, top, and plates
We laser cut the frame members, top, shelves, and plates with their openings and slots, and press-brake form the top edges and trays.
Weld the frame
We MIG or TIG weld the legs, rails, and crossmembers that carry the top and the plates.
Install hardware, coat, and assemble
We press self-clinching nuts into the frame and plates, then powder coat the parts. We bolt the top and plates to the frame and fit the leveling feet, trays, and tool supports.
Route connections beyond the work surface
Equipment connections need room beyond the mounting footprint. A connector projects from the housing, and its cable needs space to turn before it passes through the top. Placing the opening beside the equipment keeps that transition away from the working area.
The rear view shows one cable passing into a formed tray below the top, then leaving at the side. The opening and tray work together to keep the route behind the operator’s knee space. Set their positions around the actual connector envelope and the cable manufacturer’s bend requirements.
The tabletop opening and rear tray form one continuous cable route. Coordinating their positions with the connector and cable bend keeps the connection behind the working area and clear of the operator's knee space.
What to send for a workstation quote
- Station type
- Packing, picking, or bench work, seated or standing, and the working height.
- Mounted equipment
- Footprint, bolt pattern, and weight of each item on the top.
- Top and shelves
- Top size, openings and cutouts, shelf positions, and edge details.
- Accessories
- Part numbers for feet, trays, and purchased mounts.
- Finish and quantity
- Powder coat color, stations per order, and delivery date.