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Eagle Group Cleanroom Gowning Benches
Eagle MHC perforated, solid, heavy-duty and wire gowning benches — 300-series stainless, 36″ to 84″ lengths, brushed 304 or electropolished, Quad-Truss® undershelves and bolt-down foot plates. We represent Eagle Group.
1947
Eagle Group founded
17,000+
Standard Eagle models
36–84″
Eagle bench lengths
304 / EP
Eagle stainless finishes
Why Buyers Specify Eagle for Gowning Room Seating
This page covers one manufacturer. Still deciding what kind of bench belongs in your room? Start with our category overview of clean room gowning benches. Everything below is Eagle-specific: model families, numbers, gauges, finishes, options and how to buy through MH-USA.
Eagle Group has manufactured stainless steel equipment in Clayton, Delaware since 1947 and lists more than 17,000 standard models. Its MHC division serves cleanrooms and labs, and it is where the gowning bench line lives — alongside cleanroom tables, inset casework, garment racks, wall shelving, pegboards, cabinets, lab sinks and carts. The bench, the rack above it and the cabinet beside it come from one manufacturer, on one order, in matching stainless.
The other reasons buyers land on Eagle are documentation and fabrication: published spec sheets, CAD drawings and Revit families for catalog models, and custom sizes built to order when a standard length will not span your opening. MH-USA has supplied stainless equipment across the West since 1997, we represent Eagle Group, and we do the model selection, decode the numbers and ship nationwide.
Eagle Gowning Bench Model Families
Eagle sells four bench families that share construction language but solve different problems. Pick the family first and the rest of the specification follows.
Perforated top gowning benches (PCRB)
The default for classified gowning rooms. 18″ seat, 3/4″ perforations on 1″ centers for roughly 40% laminar flow, rolled edges with ends turned down 90°, 500 lb capacity and the patented Quad-Truss® undershelf. Brushed or electropolished.
Solid top gowning benches (CRB)
Same frame, a continuous 14-gauge type 304 seat. Chosen where small parts or badges get handled at the bench, or where cleaning floods the surface. Narrow 9″ and 12″ seats run out to 84″.
Heavy duty gowning benches
Eagle’s reinforced build for shift-change rooms where a bench is sat on and stepped over hundreds of times a day. Heavier structure and added leg support under longer runs — specify it where the bench is also the crossover barrier.
Wire gowning benches (GBS)
The economical open seat: 14″ wide, 18″ high, lengths to 72″, four legs with foot plates, a three-sided channel frame and one wire shelf. About 62% laminar flow — the most open seat Eagle builds.
Reading an Eagle bench model number
Eagle numbers are descriptive, not arbitrary. PCRB1848-W is a perforated cleanroom bench, 18″ wide, 48″ long, with the wire undershelf. Drop the P and CRB1848-W is the same bench with a solid seat. Add EP and you have the electropolished finish. The wire family reads differently — W1436GBS is a 14″ × 36″ wire gowning bench with stainless components. If you have an Eagle number on a drawing and are not sure what it includes, send it to us and we will decode it in writing.
Eagle Seat and Top Options
With Eagle the seat is an airflow decision before it is a comfort one. All three surfaces sit on the same leg, foot plate and undershelf hardware, so you can mix them down one run of benches.
| Eagle seat option | Open area | Width options | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perforated stainless (PCRB) | 3/4″ holes on 1″ centers, ~40% laminar flow | 18″ | Classified gowning rooms with downward or unidirectional airflow |
| Solid stainless (CRB) | None — continuous surface | 9″, 12″, 18″ | Rooms where small items are handled at the bench or heavy liquid cleaning is used |
| Open wire (GBS) | Wire shelf seat, ~62% laminar flow | 14″ | Economical installs, secondary anterooms, construction-phase use |
| Heavy duty | Perforated or solid, per model | 18″ | High-traffic crossover benches that take constant step-over loading |
Specify an Eagle open seat when
- The room has downward unidirectional airflow you do not want blocked
- You are managing particle counts closely and want fewer collection surfaces
- The bench sits under or near a filter face
Specify an Eagle solid seat when
- Small parts, caps, badges or dosimeters are handled while seated
- Cleaning uses heavy liquid application over one continuous surface
- Airflow through the seat is not part of the room’s design intent
Eagle Construction: Grades, Gauges and Details
Eagle publishes its construction details per family rather than making general claims, which is useful when you have to defend a purchase to a quality group. On the cleanroom bench line the numbers that matter are these:
- Seats: 300-series stainless, rolled edge front and rear, ends turned down 90°, 500 lb weight capacity
- Solid tops: 14-gauge type 304 stainless
- Perforated tops: 3/4″ (19 mm) perforations on 1″ (25 mm) centers, 40% laminar flow
- Legs: 1″ diameter posts, 18″ high, 16-gauge type 304 stainless; 72″ benches use six legs
- Foot plates: 13-gauge triangular stainless, drilled so the bench can be bolted to the floor
- Undershelf: patented Quad-Truss® design (patent #5,390,803), 14″ × 36″ type 304 wire
- 72″ benches: two 14″ × 36″ wire shelves supplied with S-hooks
- Finishes: 304 stainless standard, or 304 electropolished
What the details are actually doing
The rolled edge and turned-down ends leave no open channel where residue can sit out of reach of a wipe. The Quad-Truss® undershelf is a wire truss rather than a solid pan, so it holds no liquid and adds no collection surface under the seat. The triangular foot plate exists because a barrier that can be shoved sideways is not a barrier — it gives you a bolt pattern into the slab.
On the sibling cleanroom tables Eagle uses the patented uni-lok® stainless gusset system (patent #5,165,349) welded into the hat channel to cut lateral movement, with 16-gauge 1 5/8″ legs and adjustable bullet feet — the same structural language in a taller product when the gowning room and the staging room have to match.
One-Piece and Two-Piece Step-Over Builds from Eagle
Eagle’s catalog supports a crossover barrier two ways, and the choice is usually made badly because nobody asks how the room gets cleaned.
| Configuration | Eagle build | Where it wins | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-piece run | A single 60″ or 72″ bench; the 72″ comes on six legs with two undershelves | Narrow openings one bench can span wall to wall — no joint in the middle | Heavier to move for deep cleaning |
| Two-piece run | Two shorter benches end to end or set in an L, bolted through the foot plates | Wider openings, a controlled cart gate, easier cleaning behind, more seated capacity at shift change | The joint must be positioned so nobody can walk the gap; mark the floor line |
| Custom length | Fabricated to your dimension in standard construction | Openings between catalog lengths, or a barrier landing on a coved floor joint | Longer lead time |
Whichever build you choose, anchor it — Eagle’s 13-gauge foot plates exist for that, and an unanchored crossover bench migrates within a month. On coved welded flooring, involve the flooring contractor before anyone drills.
- Span the opening wall to wall or wall to fixture so there is no route around the bench
- Size for peak throughput at shift change, not the daily average — roughly 24–30″ of bench per seated person
- Leave at least 36″ of clear floor on each side for the swing-over
- Street footwear on the undershelf on the dirty side, cleanroom footwear on the clean side, never mixed
Want the Eagle model numbers for your room?
Send us the gowning room dimensions, the airflow design and your peak headcount. We will come back with Eagle model numbers, seat type, finish, mounting and undershelf count for every bench position — plus the racks and storage around them. Call 800-326-4403.
Eagle Bench Specifications and Options
Catalog dimensions for the 18″-wide Eagle bench with wire undershelf — the configuration most cleanrooms buy. Confirm the current specification on your quote before it enters a submittal; catalog details change and we put the current ones in writing.
| Eagle model pattern | Size (W × L × H) | Legs / undershelves | Practical seated capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCRB1836-W / CRB1836-W | 18″ × 36″ × 19″ | 4 legs / 1 shelf | 1 person |
| PCRB1848-W / CRB1848-W | 18″ × 48″ × 19″ | 4 legs / 1 shelf | 1–2 people |
| PCRB1860-W / CRB1860-W | 18″ × 60″ × 19″ | 4 legs / 1 shelf | 2 people |
| PCRB1872-W / CRB1872-W | 18″ × 72″ × 19″ | 6 legs / 2 shelves + S-hooks | 2–3 people |
| W1436GBS wire family | 14″ × 36–72″ × 18″ | 4 legs / 1 wire shelf | 1–3 people by length |
| Narrow solid seats | 9″ or 12″ × up to 84″ | Per length | Step-over duty, minimal footprint |
| Eagle option | What you get | When to specify it |
|---|---|---|
| Electropolished finish (EP) | 304 with the outer layer removed for a smoother, more passive surface | Aseptic pharmaceutical work, or where your quality group requires it |
| Brushed #4 finish | Standard 304 mill finish | Most electronics, optics, device, food and cannabis gowning rooms |
| Wire undershelf (-W) | Quad-Truss® 14″ × 36″ type 304 shelf; two on 72″ benches | Any bench storing footwear under the seat — effectively all of them |
| Bolt-down foot plates | 13-gauge triangular plates drilled for slab anchors | Every step-over barrier bench |
| Custom lengths and widths | Fabricated to your dimension | Openings between catalog sizes |
Load ratings and documentation
Eagle publishes 500 lb on the 18″ seats — a static seat capacity, not a platform rating; put a stainless step stool in the room for reaching high storage. With the quote we supply model numbers, dimensional data, material and finish details plus Eagle spec sheets and CAD/Revit files. Third-party listings or marks are model-specific, so we confirm in writing what applies to the exact Eagle models quoted.
Eagle Accessories That Ship With the Bench Order
These are the Eagle items that most often belong on the same purchase order as the bench, in the same stainless, on the same truck.
Freestanding gowning racks with hanger rail
1 1/2″ welded tube frame shipped knocked-down, electropolished or brushed 300-series stainless, nylon dissipative feet, hanger slots on 3″ centers, optional domed cap. Single, double and cantilevered models.
Wire gowning racks with hanger slots
Heavy-gauge type 304 hanger bar with slots on 2 1/2″ centers, a three-sided bottom frame and a Quad-Truss® wire shelf, on 1″ posts with leveling feet.
Wire gowning racks with hanger tube
Same wire construction with a continuous hanger tube instead of slots — faster to load where garment volume is high.
Wall mount gowning racks with hooks
A compact 14″-wide design in 48″, 60″ and 72″ lengths carrying 30, 38 and 46 hooks, in electropolished or chrome — for narrow anterooms.
Wall mount gowning racks with hanger slots
Wall-hung garment storage with controlled hanger spacing, mounted above the bench so gowning happens within arm’s reach of the seat.
Mobile garment racks
Quad-Truss® wire shelves, 5″ polyurethane casters with bumpers and a 1″ chrome hanger bar — for laundry turnaround and staging clean garments in.
Vertical storage cabinets
Enclosed 18-gauge type 430 body, three shelves adjustable on 4″ centers, keyed double-pan doors, 24″ deep in 36″ and 48″ lengths, flat or slanted laminar-flow top.
Stainless pegboards
Heavy-gauge 304 stainless with 6″ polymer pegs, a 4″ integral drip trough and 36″ of drain tubing, wall bracket included.
Wire basket utility carts
Chrome-plated open wire for air circulation, swivel stem casters with bumpers and two push handles — so consumables arrive on a cart, not in outer cartons.
The typical Eagle gowning order is two benches, a wall rack above each, a wall shelf, a pegboard and a cart — one freight shipment and one set of matching finishes. More on the room as a whole is on our gowning room essentials page.
Comparing Brands Before You Commit to Eagle
Most buyers reach this page already knowing they want Eagle — an existing room is full of it, or an engineer specified it. Eagle is not the only cleanroom furniture manufacturer we represent, though, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.
Still comparing manufacturers? Decide seat type and mounting first — those are room-design decisions no brand changes — then compare finishes, lengths, undershelf design, lead time and documentation. Eagle tends to win on catalog breadth, published CAD/Revit data and custom fabrication; others can win on stock availability for one size or a finish you already run.
- Category overview and buyer’s guide: clean room gowning benches — seat types, sizing rules, airflow and cleanability, brand-neutral
- The whole room: gowning room essentials
- The wider Eagle range: Eagle cleanroom products
- Eagle for labs: Eagle lab products
- Lab furniture: laboratory furniture
Tell us which manufacturers you are weighing and we will compare them straight against the Eagle models — including where Eagle is not the right answer.
How to Specify and Order Eagle Benches Through MH-USA
Describe the room
Dimensions, airflow design, peak headcount at shift change, and whether each position is a seated bench, a crossover barrier, or both.
Choose the Eagle family
Perforated PCRB, solid CRB, heavy duty or wire GBS — then width, length, finish and undershelf count.
Fix mounting and layout
Free-standing or bolted through the foot plates, one-piece or two-piece run, and where the barrier line sits on the drawing.
Quote, submittal and delivery
Eagle model numbers, dimensions, finishes, spec sheets, CAD/Revit files, freight and a written lead time to your site.
Standard Eagle models in standard finishes ship soonest; electropolished finishes and custom lengths add time, so give us your installation date up front. Orders ship direct from Eagle or through our Salt Lake City facility for consolidation. To start, call 800-326-4403 or send the room drawing and headcount — and if you already have Eagle model numbers, send those and we will verify they are current and quote like for like.
Eagle Gowning Bench FAQs
Does MH-USA sell Eagle gowning benches?
What Eagle model numbers should I look for on a gowning bench?
What stainless does Eagle use in its gowning benches?
What sizes and lengths does Eagle offer?
What is the difference between Eagle’s brushed and electropolished finishes?
Can Eagle benches be bolted to the floor or made in custom sizes?
Do you provide Eagle spec sheets, CAD and Revit files?
How do I buy Eagle gowning benches and what are the lead times?
Get Eagle Gowning Bench Model Numbers and a Quote
Send your gowning room dimensions and headcount and we will specify the Eagle benches, racks and storage around them, with spec sheets, CAD files and a written lead time. Call 800-326-4403.