Bin Cupboards

Bin cupboards for organised small-parts storage

A bin cupboard is a lockable steel cupboard fitted out with adjustable shelves and a kit of open-fronted parts bins. It does the job two separate products would otherwise do — it keeps fasteners, fittings, terminals and consumables sorted and visible, and it puts a locked door in front of them at the end of the shift. For maintenance stores, production lines and technical classrooms, that combination is usually more useful than either open bin racking or an empty cupboard on its own.

Every bin cupboard on this page comes from the Bott Verso range: fully welded reinforced steel housings, stiffened double doors that open to a full 180°, a 3-point locking system and a 10-year extended guarantee.

A note on terminology. The bin cupboards here are workshop parts-bin cupboards. If you arrived looking for somewhere to keep wheelie bins outdoors, that is a different product — see our outdoor shelters and bin stores and the bin shelter buying guide instead.

Depth decides more than width

The first choice to make is depth, because it changes both what fits and where the cupboard can go.

  • 350 mm deep — the slimline format. A 1050 × 350 × 2000 mm cupboard takes 10 adjustable galvanised steel shelves and ships with a 66-piece Type 3 bin kit. Because the footprint is shallow, selected 350 mm models can be wall mounted, which is the answer when floor space near the bench has already gone.
  • 550 mm deep — the deeper format for larger bins and bulkier parts. A 1050 × 550 × 2000 mm cupboard carries 6 shelves and a 21-piece Type 5 bin kit; the bins are physically bigger, so you get fewer of them.

Put simply: shallow depth buys you more bins of a smaller size, and more shelf levels. Deeper cupboards buy you fewer, larger bins. Match the depth to the biggest item you actually need to store, not to the widest range of sizes you might one day stock.

Sizes and bin kits available

The Verso bin cupboard is built in 800 mm and 1050 mm widths, at 1000 mm or 2000 mm high, in both 350 mm and 550 mm depths. Representative configurations include:

  • 800 × 350 × 1000 mm — 4 shelves, 20 Type 3 bins
  • 800 × 350 × 2000 mm — 10 shelves, 44 Type 3 bins
  • 800 × 550 × 1000 mm — 3 shelves, 8 Type 5 bins
  • 800 × 550 × 2000 mm — 6 shelves, 14 Type 5 bins
  • 1050 × 350 × 1000 mm — 4 shelves, 30 Type 3 bins
  • 1050 × 350 × 2000 mm — 10 shelves, 66 Type 3 bins
  • 1050 × 550 × 1000 mm — 3 shelves, 12 Type 5 bins
  • 1050 × 550 × 2000 mm — 6 shelves, 21 Type 5 bins

Bins are supplied in mixed colours with label strips, so you can colour-code by department, machine or job as well as label by part number.

Loose bins or BottBox?

Two bin systems are offered. The standard Type 3 and Type 5 bin kits are conventional open-fronted picking bins that sit on the shelves — quickest to pick from, easiest to top up. The BottBox versions use a structured box system instead, supplied in kits of 27, 36, 45 or 63 boxes on 8 adjustable shelves. BottBoxes suit stock that needs to be lifted out and carried to the job, or where contents must stay contained rather than open to workshop dust.

Load ratings, locking and finish

Every adjustable galvanised steel shelf in the Verso bin cupboard is rated to 75 kg uniformly distributed load. That is a per-shelf figure, so plan the layout around the heaviest shelf rather than the average — a full shelf of steel fasteners reaches 75 kg a great deal sooner than a shelf of plastic fittings.

Doors are reinforced and stiffened, open to 180° for unobstructed access to the full width of the shelving, and close on a 3-point locking system. Master locking is available where a supervisor needs override access across several units. Finishes are powder coated, with the standard combinations being RAL 7035 Light Grey carcass paired with RAL 5010 Gentian Blue, RAL 7016 Anthracite Grey, RAL 3004 Crimson Red or full RAL 7035.

Optional worktops, writing tops and 3-sided top trays turn a 1000 mm-high bin cupboard into a compact workstation — useful where the picking point and the assembly point are the same place.

How to specify a bin cupboard

  1. Measure the biggest part you will store. That sets bin type, which sets depth.
  2. Count your part numbers. Divide by the bin count of each configuration — if you need more than 66 lines in one cupboard, plan two units rather than overfilling bins.
  3. Check the wall. If the 350 mm model can be wall mounted at your site, you free up floor space for a bench or trolley.
  4. Check the shelf load. 75 kg UDL per shelf, every shelf.
  5. Decide on locking. Single lock per cupboard, or master locking across the store.

Related storage

If you need drawers rather than bins for small tooling, look at drawer cabinets or read the metal drawer cabinet guide. For open bin racks, tote pans and shelf-based systems, see small parts storage: bins, tote racks and shelving. The wider workshop storage range and the full Bott collection cover benches, cupboards and cabinets that share the same modular accessories.

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