Rousseau 48" R-Series Modular Drawer Cabinets

Selecting the Right Cabinet:
♦ Depth: 24" (R5AHE) vs. 27" (R5AHG): The 24" depth suits standard floor positions and workbench base applications. The 27" depth provides additional drawer interior depth for longer tools, larger storage trays, and items that benefit from extra front-to-back clearance. Both depths are 48" wide and share nearly identical drawer configuration options across the lineup.
♦ Cabinet height: The 32" range suits workbench-height use or as a base in a modular workstation system. The 40" and 46" heights provide significant drawer count in a full-height floor unit without reaching ceiling height in most facilities. The 60" models offer the highest drawer density per footprint, supporting up to 15 drawers in the 48"-wide configuration, a consolidation point for large tool crib and maintenance inventories.
♦ Drawer configuration: Shallow drawers (3" to 5" tall) suit small parts, fasteners, cutting inserts, and precision instruments organized by type. Mid-depth drawers (6" to 8" tall) accommodate hand tools, larger components, and standard-size boxed supplies. Deep drawers (10" to 12" tall) handle heavy or bulky tooling, large fixture components, or stacked storage trays. Mixed configurations accommodate varied inventories in a single cabinet.
♦ Roll-out shelf: R5AHE-5857 includes a roll-out shelf providing an integrated pull-out work surface within the 48"-wide cabinet. Suited to tool crib and inspection environments where a flat surface at cabinet height improves workflow.
♦ Partitions: Models marked "Yes" include drawer divider partitions. Models marked "No" have open drawer interiors. 

The 48" series comes in two depths, 24" (R5AHE series) and 27" (R5AHG series), and in heights from 32" to 60". Depth drives your aisle requirement. Plan for the cabinet depth, plus the drawer projection, plus about 30" for a person to stand and work at the open drawer. A 27" deep cabinet needs roughly 7 ft from the back wall to whatever sits opposite it.

Height changes how you use the cabinet. The 32" models sit at workbench height, while the 40" and 46" models are full-height floor units. At 60" the cabinet holds the most drawers, up to 15 on this page, but the top is above comfortable working height and is best used for staging. Anchor any cabinet 46" or taller, and load heavy drawers low to reduce tipping risk. 

Where Commonly Used:
♦ Tool Cribs and Central Toolrooms: Maximum-capacity drawer storage consolidating large tool inventories -- cutting tools, gauges, toolholders, fixtures, and specialty tooling -- that would otherwise require multiple narrower cabinets, reducing tool search time and cabinet count.
♦ Maintenance and MRO Departments: Full-height 60" cabinets with 15-drawer capacity storing spare parts, electrical components, mechanical hardware, and maintenance supplies across a broad range of types and sizes in a single organized unit.
♦ Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing: Wide-format drawer storage for program-specific tooling, inspection fixtures, and precision instruments where tool sets are large, high-value, and require controlled, identified storage positions.
♦ Fabrication and Heavy Manufacturing: Storage of large wrenches, sockets, clamps, specialty fabrication tooling, and layout instruments that require the 48" drawer width to accommodate length or quantity without splitting inventory across multiple narrower cabinets.
♦ Fleet and Heavy Vehicle Maintenance: Centralized storage of oversized diagnostic tools, specialty sockets, alignment equipment, and large hand tools used across multiple vehicle types in fleet maintenance operations.
♦ Modular Workbench Systems: Integration as base or floor-standing cabinets in Rousseau modular workbench configurations, providing organized wide-drawer storage at or adjacent to the work surface in high-capacity tool environments.

CustomMHS is an authorized Rousseau distributor. All purchases include the manufacturer's factory warranty.