General Laboratory Equipment

General Lab Equipment: Workhorses of the Lab

Laboratories requires a vareity of equipment and instrumentation to run tests and research. These staple, workhouse general lab equipment can be found across various laboratories across disciplines and markets.

Applications and Uses for General Lab Equipment

Whether your laboratory research comprises working with proteins, cell culture, air, water, soil, or blood, key lab equipment will supports various testing needs.

General lab equipment can be found in:

• Research labs
• Diagnostic testing in medical labs
• Research and development
• Quality assurance
• Manufacturing
• Educational labs
• And more!

In short, wherever there is a lab, you will find general lab equipment.

What Types of Items Are Considered General Lab Equipment?

Among the many items that would be considered general lab equipment are pipettes, scales, centrifuges, Bunsen burners, freezers, hot plates, incubators, coolers, stirrers, water baths, and fume hoods - to name a few.

Considerations of General Lab Equipment:

There are three big considerations: requirement, lab space, and budget. Your laboratory needs depends on what the requirements of the laboratory work you are doing. Also, lab and bench space are a commodity so the size/capacity/dimensions of equipment and their portability are important points.