Bin Storage Cabinets — All-Welded Steel Cabinets With Bins
Bin cabinets that arrive fully assembled with the bins already in them: 14 gauge all-welded steel, three-point locking handles, and 36" to 72" wide models carrying anywhere from 28 to 264 bins. Flush and deep door builds, wire mesh and clear-acrylic vision doors, drawer combinations, and sloped-shelf flow cabinets for high-density picking behind a locked door.

264
bins in the widest 72" cabinet build
14 gauge
all-welded steel construction
800 lb
per interior shelf on selected 36" models
36"–72"
cabinet widths, 36" to 84" tall
When open bin shelving should be a bin cabinet
A bin cabinet is bin shelving with a lockable steel skin around it, and the reason to buy one is almost never storage capacity. Open bin shelving is faster to pick from, cheaper per bin, and easier to reconfigure. It is the right answer most of the time. A cabinet earns its cost in exactly four situations, and it is worth being honest about which one you are in before you spend the money.
- Parts walk away. Consumables, cutting tools, fittings and electrical components disappear from open shelving and nobody can say when. A three-point locking handle with two keys ends the argument.
- Parts have to stay clean. Grinding dust, coolant mist, welding spatter and overspray settle into every open bin in the bay. A closed 14 gauge box keeps them out.
- Someone can see the shelving. Service counters, dealership parts departments and office-adjacent stockrooms need one finished gray or beige box, not an exposed wall of mixed bins.
- Density per square foot matters more than pick speed. Because bins hang on the door panels as well as the back wall, a single 36" cabinet can hold over a hundred bins in six square feet of floor.

How these cabinets ship
Every cabinet in this range is 14 gauge all-welded construction and arrives completely assembled and ready to use — there is no frame to bolt together on the dock. Finish is a gray or beige powder coat, and the bins are included in the stated model and quantity, supplied one color per unit. If you want a beige cabinet instead of gray, that is a suffix on the model number, not a special order.
The bin cabinet range
Six build families cover the industrial requirement. Start from the door — solid, mesh, clear acrylic or sloped-shelf flow — because the door decides both the security level and how many bins the cabinet can carry.
36" Flush Door Cabinets36"W x 18"D x 72"H flush-door builds carrying 36 bins, for a shallow footprint against a wall or in a narrow service area.
36" Deep Door Cabinets36"W x 24"D x 72"H deep-door builds from 64 to 102 bins, with adjustable interior shelves rated up to 800 lb each on selected models.
48" Wide Cabinets48"W x 24"D x 78"H builds with punched panels on the rear wall and doors, 64 bins and two adjustable shelves rated up to 400 lb each.
60" & 72" Colossal CabinetsSuper-wide 84"-tall cabinets carrying 185 to 264 bins, with 6" legs that make them fork-truck liftable and a padlock provision on the locking handle.
Mesh & Clear-View SecurityWire mesh Safe-View and clear-acrylic security cabinets at 36"W x 18"D x 78"H — contents visible and countable, still locked.
Sloped Shelf Flow Cabinets36"W x 18"D x 78"H pick-rack flow cabinets with eight sloped shelves and one flat shelf, up to 72 bins, rated up to 400 lb per interior shelf.36" all-welded bin cabinets: the standard workhorse
The 36" wide cabinet is where most industrial bin cabinet projects start, because it fits between a doorway and a wall corner and still swallows an entire small-parts inventory. Two door depths exist and the difference matters: a deep door model at 24" deep hangs bins on the door panels as well as the back wall and is the high-density option, while a flush door model at 18" deep gives up bin count for a shallower footprint in a tight aisle.
Stocked configurations span a wide range of priorities. A 36"W x 24"D x 72"H deep-door build carries 68 bins across five bin sizes. Another carries 102 bins plus three adjustable shelves, with the interior shelves rated up to 800 lb each. An all-small-bin build carries 96 bins plus four adjustable interior shelves. A shelf-heavy build swaps most of the bins for four adjustable interior shelves and twelve door shelves, with door shelves rated up to 60 lb each. And the flush-door 36"W x 18"D x 72"H model carries 36 larger bins for medium parts.
All of them ship completely assembled with a three-point locking handle and two keys, in 14 gauge all-welded steel with a gray or beige powder-coat finish. Bins come one color per unit — blue, yellow, red, green, ivory, black or clear — so a cabinet can be visually assigned to a department or a part class the day it lands. A counter-height 36"W x 24"D x 36"H version carrying 66 bins in five sizes fits under a bench or a service counter and turns its top into a work surface.

| 36" cabinet build | Overall size | Door type | Bin / shelf content | Published shelf capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-mix deep door | 36"W x 24"D x 72"H | Deep door | 68 bins across five bin sizes | Confirmed per model at quote |
| Maximum bin count | 36"W x 24"D x 72"H | Deep door | 102 bins + 3 adjustable shelves | Up to 800 lb per interior shelf |
| Small-parts build | 36"W x 24"D x 72"H | Deep door | 96 small bins + 4 adjustable shelves | Up to 800 lb per interior shelf |
| Bins + door shelves | 36"W x 24"D x 72"H | Deep door | 64 bins + 2 interior + 6 door shelves | 800 lb interior / 60 lb door shelf |
| Shelf-heavy build | 36"W x 24"D x 72"H | Deep door | 4 adjustable interior + 12 door shelves | 800 lb interior / 60 lb door shelf |
| Shallow flush door | 36"W x 18"D x 72"H | Flush door | 36 larger bins | Confirmed per model at quote |
| Counter-height | 36"W x 24"D x 36"H | Flush door | 66 bins across five sizes | Confirmed per model at quote |
48" wide cabinets and all-purpose builds

The 48" format is the bridge between a bin cabinet and a general storage cabinet. At 48"W x 24"D x 78"H it takes a serious inventory without the fork-truck footprint of the colossal sizes, and two quite different builds exist.
The bin build is a flush-door cabinet with 64 bins, punched panels on the inside rear wall and on both doors, and two adjustable interior shelves rated up to 400 lb each. The punched panel is the useful detail: bins relocate anywhere on the panel rather than sitting on fixed rails, so the layout can be rebuilt as the part mix changes.
The all-purpose build drops the bins entirely for three adjustable shelves, also rated up to 400 lb each. In practice most plants buy one of each: bins for the fasteners and fittings, shelves for the cans, cartons and boxed spares that a bin cannot hold. Both are available in beige as well as gray. A 48" cabinet is also the format used for the combined bin-and-drawer build — a louvered door carrying 128 small bins with interior shelves holding 15 interlocking drawer units, rated up to 400 lb per interior shelf.
If the requirement is really a general storage cabinet rather than a bin cabinet, tell us — we supply industrial storage cabinets from several manufacturers and will point you at the right one rather than force a bin cabinet into the role. The stocked Quantum range is in the Quantum product category, with bin ranges under shelf bins — and if the bins themselves are the decision, see our guide to plastic shelf bins and all-purpose bins.
60" and 72" wide colossal bin cabinets
The super-wide cabinets exist for one job: replacing an entire run of open shelving with a single lockable unit. At 60"W x 24"D x 84"H and 72"W x 24"D x 84"H they carry bin counts no other format reaches — 227 bins in the 60" flush-door build, 264 bins in the 72", and shelf-mixed versions with 185 bins plus three adjustable shelves or 84 larger bins plus three adjustable shelves, the interior shelves rated up to 500 lb each.
Two practical details decide whether these fit your building. First, the doors are wide: a 60" cabinet measures 115" wide with the doors fully open and the 72" measures 139". That clearance has to exist in front of the cabinet or the far bins are unreachable. Second, they are heavy — ship weights run from roughly 860 lb to over 1,000 lb assembled — but 6" high legs make them fork-truck liftable, so relocating one during a plant reorganisation is a lift, not a disassembly.
The locking handle on these models is a three-point mechanism with a provision for a padlock, which is not supplied. If your site standard is a keyed-alike or combination system, tell us at quote time and we will specify to it rather than guess.


Security and vision-door cabinets
A solid door secures the contents and hides them at the same time, and hiding them is a real cost: nobody cycle counts a cabinet they have to open, and a stores clerk cannot see from the aisle that a bin is empty. Two door types solve that without giving up the lock.

Wire mesh Safe-View cabinets
A 36"W x 18"D x 78"H mesh-door cabinet with a louvered back wall that carries the bins. Stocked builds hold 36 medium bins, 18 larger bins, or a mixed 20-plus-8 combination. The mesh door also ventilates the cabinet, which matters where solvent-damp rags or freshly washed parts would otherwise sit in a sealed steel box.

Clear-View security cabinets
The same 36"W x 18"D x 78"H footprint with clear acrylic doors and a louvered back wall. Stocked builds carry 28 bins (a mixed 20-plus-8 combination), 36 medium bins, or 18 larger bins. Where a supervisor should be able to see stock levels without a key, this is the build that pays for itself in avoided stock-outs.
Drawer, flow and modular cabinet builds
Sloped shelf pick rack flow cabinets
These are pick racks inside a locking cabinet. A 36"W x 18"D x 78"H flush-door build carries eight sloped shelves and one flat shelf and up to 72 open-front shelf bins, with interior shelves rated up to 400 lb each. Alternative configurations trade bin count for bin size: 45 medium bins, or 36 of the wider bins. The sloped shelves tilt every bin opening toward the picker, so this is the build to specify where high-value small parts need both fast picking and a lock — a tool crib window, a service department, a night-shift stores area.
Interlocking drawer cabinet systems
Interlocking storage cabinets are modular polystyrene drawer units, all measuring 11-3/8"D x 11-3/4"W x 11"H overall, that interlock horizontally and vertically so a wall of small-parts drawers can be grown one module at a time. Pre-drilled holes on the rear allow wall mounting. Drawers are removable, will not rust or corrode, have a recessed handle and a slotted label holder, and carry seven moulded divider slots so one drawer can be split into several compartments. A clear window in each drawer lets a picker identify contents without opening it. Nine pre-configured systems ship complete with drawers, clear windows and two dividers per drawer; cabinet exteriors are gray, with drawers in gray, blue, red or ivory.

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How to specify a bin cabinet
Five decisions, and the first two are the ones people skip.
Measure the door swing, not just the cabinet
A 60″ cabinet is 115″ wide with the doors fully open and a 72″ cabinet is 139″. If that clearance does not exist in front of the unit, the far bins are unreachable and the cabinet is the wrong size regardless of bin count.
Decide what the door is for
Solid for security and cleanliness, wire mesh for security plus visibility and ventilation, clear acrylic for a full visual count from the aisle, sloped-shelf flow for picking speed behind a lock.
Split the contents between bins, shelves and drawers
Bins for loose hardware and fittings, adjustable interior shelves (up to 800 lb on selected 36″ models) for cans and cartons, door shelves (up to 60 lb) for light items, steel drawers for tooling and gauges.
Fix the bin sizes and count
This is where a complete package earns its keep — the cabinet arrives with the stated bin model and quantity already fitted, one color per unit. Three or four bin sizes in one cabinet is normal and usually cheaper than one size everywhere.
Settle the lock, the finish and the labels
Three-point locking handle with two keys as standard; the colossal sizes add a padlock provision (padlock not supplied). Gray or beige powder coat. Then moulded label holders and printed inserts so the scheme survives staff turnover.
Mistakes we see most often
Buying the biggest cabinet available. A 72" colossal cabinet in a 6-foot aisle cannot open. Two 36" cabinets often store the same inventory in a usable way.
Choosing a solid door by default. If the reason for the cabinet is theft, a mesh or clear door secures the contents just as well and keeps them countable.
Putting everything in bins. Aerosols, cartons, bottles and gauges do not belong in open bins. Specify a build with interior and door shelves and the cabinet stays tidy.
Ignoring the floor. These cabinets arrive assembled and weigh 300–1,000 lb empty. Confirm the delivery route, the door widths on the way in and the floor at the destination before the truck arrives.
What we need to quote
- The space. Wall length, ceiling height, and the clear floor in front of the cabinet for the door swing.
- The part mix. Roughly how many part numbers, and how big the largest item is that has to go inside.
- The reason. Theft, dust, presentation or density — it changes the door and often the size.
- The route. Dock, doorway widths, lift access and whether a fork truck is available at the destination.
- Your standards. Existing bin brand, color scheme, keying or padlock standard, gray or beige.
Bin cabinet builds compared
All figures are as published by the manufacturer for the current line. Where a range is shown it varies by model, and we confirm the exact rating for the model quoted rather than assume the top of the range.
| Build | Overall size | Door | Bins | Shelves / drawers | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36" deep door | 36 x 24 x 72" | Solid deep door | 64–102 | Up to 4 interior (to 800 lb) + 12 door (to 60 lb) | One cabinet has to hold a whole small-parts inventory |
| 36" flush door | 36 x 18 x 72" | Solid flush door | 36 | By configuration | The aisle is tight and depth is the constraint |
| Counter-height | 36 x 24 x 36" | Solid flush door | 66 | — | It has to fit under a bench or service counter |
| 48" bin cabinet | 48 x 24 x 78" | Solid flush door | 64 | 2 adjustable (to 400 lb), punched panels | You want a relocatable panel layout, not fixed rails |
| 48" all-purpose | 48 x 24 x 78" | Solid flush door | — | 3 adjustable (to 400 lb) | The contents are boxes and cans, not loose hardware |
| 60" colossal | 60 x 24 x 84" | Solid flush door | 185–227 | Up to 3 adjustable (to 500 lb) | A whole run of open shelving is being replaced |
| 72" colossal | 72 x 24 x 84" | Solid flush door | 84–264 | Up to 3 adjustable (to 500 lb) | Maximum bin count and a fork-truck-liftable base |
| Wire mesh Safe-View | 36 x 18 x 78" | Wire mesh | 18–36 | Louvered back wall | Contents must be secure, visible and ventilated |
| Clear-View security | 36 x 18 x 78" | Clear acrylic | 18–36 | Louvered back wall | Stock levels should be countable from the aisle |
| Sloped shelf flow cabinet | 36 x 18 x 78" | Solid flush door | 36–72 | 8 sloped + 1 flat (to 400 lb) | High-value small parts are picked all day and locked at night |
| Bin & drawer-module cabinet | 48 x 24 x 78" | Louvered door | 128 | 15 interlocking drawer units (to 400 lb) | Loose hardware and tiny components share one cabinet |
| Drawer combination | 36 x 24 x 72" | Solid flush door | 58 | 4 steel drawers + 12 door + 1 interior | Tooling and gauges share the cabinet with hardware |
| Clear tip-out cabinet | 26-1/4 x 10 x 36-1/2" or 79-1/2" | Solid, combination lock | 35 or 61 clear cups | — | Very small parts at a bench, behind a combination lock |
Where bin cabinets get specified
Six environments account for most of the bin cabinets we quote. In each one the cabinet is solving a different problem, which is why the door and the build change.
Clinical and patient-care storage is handled by our sister company — see Labs USA healthcare storage solutions for that side of the catalog. On the industrial side, if the parts should stay on open shelving inside a controlled area rather than inside a cabinet, that is often the cheaper answer — and we will say so.
How we quote a bin cabinet
We are a supplier and project partner for the Quantum Storage Systems line, not the manufacturer, and we do not restate certifications on their behalf. What we do add is the specification work.
Tell us the space and the reason
Wall length, ceiling height, clear floor for the door swing, and whether the driver is theft, dust, presentation or density. Call (800) 326-4403 or send a photo.
We size the cabinet and the contents
Width, depth, door type, bin sizes and counts, and the split between bins, shelves and drawers — plus whether two smaller cabinets beat one large one in your aisle.
You get a clear quote
One quote covering the cabinets, bin content, keying, finish, dividers and labels, with model numbers you can verify against the manufacturer.
Delivery planned around the weight
These cabinets ship assembled at 300–1,000 lb. We confirm the delivery route, access and whether a fork truck is needed before the truck is booked.
Straight answers on the things people ask us privately
We will tell you when open bin shelving inside a controlled area is the cheaper answer, when a mesh door beats a solid one, and when a cabinet you already own should be re-binned rather than replaced. If your plant is standardised on another bin brand we would rather match that standard — we also supply LEWISBins+ — than sell you a changeover you did not ask for.
Bin cabinet FAQs
What is a bin cabinet?
How many bins fit in a bin cabinet?
How much weight can the shelves in a bin cabinet hold?
Do bin cabinets come assembled?
How wide does the cabinet need to be when the doors are open?
What is the difference between a mesh door and a clear-acrylic door?
Can I lock a bin cabinet with our own padlock?
What are interlocking drawer cabinets, and where do they fit?
Can I get bin cabinets in a color other than gray?
Should I buy a bin cabinet or open bin shelving?
Get the right bin cabinet, sized and filled
Send us your wall length, ceiling height, door-swing clearance and part mix. We will specify the cabinet, the door type, the bin sizes and counts, and quote it as a complete unit that arrives assembled.




