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BS EN 16139:2025 - TC Tracked Changes. Furniture. Safety, strength and durability. Requirements and test methods for non-domestic seating, 2025
- A-30447468.pdf [Go to Page]
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- European foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- Figure 1 — Median plane
- 4 Safety, strength and durability [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General requirements
- 4.2 Holes and tubular/rigid components
- 4.3 Shear and compression points [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 General
- 4.3.2 Shear and compression points when setting up and folding
- 4.3.3 Shear and compression points under influence of non-electrically powered mechanisms
- 4.3.4 Shear and compression points during use
- 4.4 Stability
- 4.5 Strength and durability [Go to Page]
- 4.5.1 Test methods
- Table 1 — Safety, strength and durability tests [Go to Page]
- 4.5.2 Requirements
- 5 Information for use
- 6 Test report
- Annex A (normative) Test methods for finger entrapment and shear and compression
- A.1 Finger entrapment
- A.1.1 Test equipment for finger entrapment
- A.1.1.1 Test probe
- Figure A.1 —Test probe
- A.1.1.2 Shape assessment probe
- Figure A.2 — Shape assessment probe (top view, side view and cross section)
- A.1.2 Test method
- Figure A.3 — Example showing shape assessment
- Figure A.4 — Example of hazards
- Table A.1 — Process flow 1
- A.2 Shear and compression
- A.2.1 Test equipment for shear and compression – Test probes
- Figure A.5 — Test probes
- A.2.2 Test method - Shear and compression points created under the influence of powered mechanisms
- Table A.2 — Process flow 2
- A.2.3 Test method - Shear and compression points created during normal use
- Table A.3 — Process flow 3
- Annex B (normative) Seat side-to-side durability test at D-G points
- B.1 General
- B.2 Loading points
- B.2.1 General
- B.2.2 Loading point D
- B.2.3 Loading point G
- Figure B.1 — An example of loading points
- B.3 Seat side-to-side durability test in D-G points – procedure
- Table B.1 — Positioning of the seating components
- Annex C (normative) Leg rest durability test
- C.1 General
- C.2 Test method
- Figure C.1 — Leg rest durability test
- Figure C.2 — Loading point for leg rests with a large radius at the front edge
- Annex D (normative) Determination of seat loading point for seating with suspended flexible material
- Figure D.1 — Seating with suspended flexible material
- Annex E (informative) Additional drop tests
- Table E.1 — Additional drop tests
- Annex F (informative) Test severity in relation to applications
- Table F.1 — Level of severity in relation to applications
- Annex G (informative) Recommended dimensions for non-domestic chairs
- Table G.1 — Recommended dimensions
- Annex H (informative) Rationale for single column seating
- H.1 For term 3.6 Single column seating
- Figure H.1 — An example of distinction
- H.2 For Table 1, selection of applicability
- H.3 For Table 1, test 5. Arm rest sideways static load test EN 1728:2012, 6.10
- H.4 For Table 1, test 10. Seat side-to-side durability test Annex B
- H.5 For Table 1, test 14 and 15 (test not applicable for swivelling seating)
- H.6 For Table 1, test 16. Seat impact test EN 1728:2012, 6.24
- Bibliography [Go to Page]
