Plastic racks are brittle, cheap, and break often; possibly creating a health hazard in your lab. Metal painted steel racks rust over time. The DuraRack is a culture media plate rack that will withstand the test of time. It has a sturdy welded design and long-lasting heavy epoxy protective coated steel wire to provide maximum stability. It's durable, autoclavable, chemical, and corrosion-resistant. This heavy gauge rack allows for easy loading and unloading from the top or bottom. The DuraRack Petri plate holder is ideal for batching, safely transporting, storing, and incubating 100mm x 15mm media plates and helps streamline processing in your cleanroom and lab. Features and benefits: Ideal product for laboratory, research, or educational settingsDesigned to maximize and preserve incubator and lab bench spaceBottom and top access opening allows for easy and safe removal of dish stacksHeavy-duty and durable Petri dish holder rack that can hold standard size Petri platesSix columns hold up to 60 Petri plates of size 100mm x 15mm The perfect companion to your Petri plates! Organize and batch DuraRack's design allows for easy access to retrieve your products from storage and can be used to organize and batch your Petri plates to create a streamline process in your lab. Incubate and refrigerate DuraRack can be used for incubating samples or keeping them refrigerated. If a lab has a large number of petri dishes, this product will help conserve space by allowing many plates to be stored at once in an organized manner. Transports plates with ease With DuraRack's handle, it's easy to transport your Petri dishes with special coated steel wire that's lightweight and durable to take to and from the lab.