We were tasked to manufacture two bespoke controlled drugs cabinets for the West Midlands Ambulance service. Their brief was  to provide two bespoke controlled drugs cabinets which would allow them to safely and securely transport Controlled drugs in their delivery vehicles to and from ambulance bases and sites in and around the west Midlands.

Bespoke Controlled Drugs Cabinets for the Ambulance Services

The two bespoke controlled drugs cabinets had to be able to be securely fixed to the inside chassis of the vehicle but not to damage or modify the bodywork in any way to avoid de-valuing  the vehicle when it had reached the end if it’s lease.

The trust gave us specific sizes and the criteria they required which were easily accommodated within our design and still met the requirements of the Misuse of drugs (safe custody) regulation 1975.  Within a few days a drawing was prepared of the bespoke controlled drugs cabinets which was then submitted to the Ambulance service for their approval. The design proved to be acceptable to them and the cabinets were immediately put into production.

Forming a bespoke Controlled drugs cabinet

The working drawings were used to prepare laser cutting instructions and the relevant parts laser cut. We used a press brake to form the flat pieces of steel into the shape required for the body, sides and doors etc. These parts are then assembled and tack welded together before being checked prior to being fully welded together.

Forming a Controlled drugs cabinet

Bespoke controlled drugs cabinets are made in exactly the same way as the  Controlled drugs cabinets we have in our stock range all of which can be purchased from our on-line shop.

After the cabinets have been welded together they are cleaned and taken to our powder coating shop to have a coat of polyester powder coat applied which give the whole unit a robust and durable wipe clean finish prior to final assembly and dispatch to customer.

Bespoke controlled drugs cabinets for the west midlands ambulance services

WMAS bespoke controlled drugs cabinet

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Our latest cabinet has been built for a chemist to incorporate an additional safe.

Pharmacy Medicals Latest Bespoke Controlled Drugs Cabinet

Designed to meet a pharmacy’s exact requirements this bespoke controlled drugs cabinet incorporates two secure areas suitable for the storage of controlled drugs.Both parts of the bespoke controlled drugs cabinet   incorporates full width and depth, height adjustable shelving. The larger  area incorporates a twin shelving system which again is fully adjustable. The shelves have been designed to offer maximum use of space for storing various heights of bottles and controlled drugs cartons.

bespoke controlled drugs cabinet showing the two cabinet system and the shelving design inside.

This bespoke controlled drugs cabinet was delivered to the customer within three  weeks from  receipt of order. As ever, we managed to deliver a bespoke, high quality item at market leading prices, within a vary short time frame.

Our website has a dedicated page explaining how we manufacture all our controlled drugs cabinets and can be seen by clicking here. It also contains a page showing how we manufacture our bespoke controlled drugs cabinets and this can be viewed by clicking here.

Although these pages give you a detailed explanation around the production process of a bespoke controlled drugs cabinet, the basic stages are listed here below:

1. Ascertain the customer’s requirements and offer advise where necessary.
2. Prepare an engineering drawing for submission to the customer. This allows the customer to visualise their product and check all relevant sizes etc. We ask the customer to approve the drawing prior to manufacturing the bespoke controlled drugs cabinet.
3. We prepare and submit a pro-forma invoice. Once payment is received, and the drawings are approved, we  commence work on the cabinet. We ask for payment prior to starting works as we will have difficulty selling a bespoke controlled drugs cabinet if the customer changed their mind.
4. Manufacturing commences. We send all profiles of the cabinet off to be laser cut ensuring accuracy.
5. The cabinet blanks, fresh from being laser cut, are then formed into the structure of the bespoke controlled drugs cabinet.
6. We then take this formed cabinet and tack weld it into shape. The cabinet now looks like a cabinet. Once we are happy with the fit and shape, the cabinet is fully welded as specified in the misuse of drugs act.
7. Now the cabinet is fully welded, all rough weld marks are removed with a sander, ensuring the finish of the cabinet it up to standard.
8. The doors are test fitted to ensure that the cabinet is ready for paint.
9. The bespoke controlled drugs cabinet is sent to our powder coating facility to be painted.
10. The painted components of the controlled drugs cabinet are assembled, the locks are installed and the cabinet is packaged, ready for delivery to the customer.
11. The cabinet is sent on its way, either by our own transport, via, APC or the Pallet Network depending on the size of the cabinet and whereabouts the cabinet is being delivered.

A bespoke controlled drugs cabinet assembled, ready to be packaged for shipping.

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