office furniture testing standards in the US and European markets
since the office furniture is higher than a functional home furnishings, in general. So buyers usually before placing orders, manufacturers will be required to provide product testing by the relevant certificates, in order to ensure its functionality and security. To this end, in particular, sold to European and American markets for office furniture manufacturer, introduces the relevant international testing requirements and instructions.
US market
testing requirements: According to the regulations from the US national norms X5.1-1993 / Commercial Furniture Manufacturers Association and promulgated
general test items include:.
a standstill bearer of
.. b bearing strength of
c durability testing or product life-cycle testing
category ⅰ: tiltable seat test items and functional tests are:.
a stationary state of the back bearing strength test
b. the intensity of bearing drop test
c. product lifecycle seat crash test
d. degree of intensity of bearing stability test
e. product lifecycle tilt mechanism test
f. product life cycle endurance back test
category ⅱ -1 can tilt the seat back test items and functional tests are:.
a standstill bearing strength of the seat back strength test
b bearer of drop test
c products. lifecycle seat crash test
d. degree of intensity of bearing stability test
e. the product life cycle durability test back
category ⅱ -2 fixed chair or hand-adjusting back seat test items and functional tests respectively:.
a standstill bearing strength of the seat back strength test
b bearer of drop test
c product lifecycle seat crash test
d of bearing strength of stability testing
e.... product life cycle durability test
back swivel chair test items and functional tests were:
product life cycle rotation test
seat base test items and functional tests are:.
a standstill status bearer of the base test
b product lifecycle casters / seat durability test
general formula Legs or snow car seat bottom test items and functional tests are:.
bearing of a stationary state (for category ⅱ seat) Leg strength test (including front and side Legs Legs)
armrest test items and functional tests were:
stationary state of the bearing arm strength testing (including vertical and horizontal)
casters test items and functional tests were:
product life cycle (for Class ⅰ and Class ⅱ seat) caster / seat durability test
footstool test items and functional tests were:
product life cycle (for category ⅰ and category ⅱ seat) durability testing footstool verticality