prEN 17684
(Main)Furniture - Electrically operated furniture - Stability, strength, durability and mechanical safety requirements
Furniture - Electrically operated furniture - Stability, strength, durability and mechanical safety requirements
This document specifies stability and mechanical safety requirements and test methods for electrically operated furniture for domestic and non-domestic use, including requirements on shear, compression, entrapment, strength and durability.
The document applies to electrically operated furniture for use in areas accessible by adults and children of all abilities, and domestic pets.
The requirements in this document are intended to minimize the hazards that can occur during intended use and reasonably foreseeable use.
This document includes requirements related to all persons, including children from the age of 4 years in and around the products and the associated hazards.
This document excludes considerations and requirements related to children less than 4 years old operating the product.
This document does not include requirements related to the electrical safety of the item of furniture.
In general, it does not take into account:
- damage to property or the environment.
This document does not apply to:
- seating incorporated in other machines;
- seats in vehicles.
If the electrically operated furniture has additional functions or can be converted into other products, other relevant European Standards can apply.
This document is not applicable to electrically operated furniture which is manufactured before the date of publication of this document.
Wherever the term "furniture" is used in this document, it means electrically operated furniture.
Möbel - Elektrisch angetriebene Möbel - Standsicherheit, Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und mechanische Sicherheitsanforderungen
Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an die Standsicherheit und mechanische Sicherheit sowie Prüfverfahren für elektrisch angetriebene Möbel für den Gebrauch im Wohnbereich und Nicht Wohnbereich fest, darunter Anforderungen an Scher , Quetsch und Fangstellen, Festigkeit und Dauerhaltbarkeit.
Das Dokument gilt für elektrisch angetriebene Möbel für den Gebrauch in Bereichen, die für Erwachsene und Kinder mit allen möglichen unterschiedlichen Fähigkeiten sowie für Haustiere zugänglich sind.
Die Anforderungen in diesem Dokument sollen die Gefährdungen, die beim bestimmungsgemäßen und nach vernünftigem Ermessen vorhersehbaren Gebrauch auftreten können, auf ein Mindestmaß verringern.
Dieses Dokument enthält Anforderungen, die sich auf alle Personen einschließlich Kindern ab 4 Jahren beziehen, die sich in den Produkten und um sie herum befinden, sowie die damit verbundenen Gefährdungen.
Dieses Dokument enthält keine Erwägungen und Anforderungen, die mit Kindern unter 4 Jahren, die das Produkt bedienen, in Zusammenhang stehen.
Dieses Dokument enthält keine Anforderungen in Bezug auf die elektrische Sicherheit des Möbelstücks.
Im Allgemeinen berücksichtigt es Folgendes nicht:
- Sachschäden oder Schädigung der Umwelt.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
- in andere Maschinen integrierte Sitzmöbel;
- Sitze in Fahrzeugen.
Wenn die elektrisch angetriebenen Möbel zusätzliche Funktionen aufweisen oder zu anderen Produkten umgebaut werden können, können andere maßgebende Europäische Normen gelten.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für elektrisch angetriebene Möbel, die vor der Veröffentlichung dieses Dokumentes gefertigt wurden.
Der Begriff "Möbel" bedeutet in diesem Dokument immer elektrisch angetriebene Möbel.
Mobilier - Meubles à commande électrique - Exigences de stabilité, de résistance, de durabilité et de sécurité mécanique
Le présent document indique les exigences en matière de stabilité et de sécurité mécanique et les méthodes d'essai relatives aux meubles à commande électrique, pour l'usage domestique et non domestique, y compris les exigences liées au cisaillement, à la compression, au coincement, à la résistance et à la durabilité.
Le document s'applique aux meubles à commande électrique qui sont utilisés dans les espaces accessibles aux adultes et aux enfants valides ou non, ainsi qu'aux animaux domestiques.
Les exigences du présent document visent à minimiser les dangers qui peuvent survenir au cours de l'usage prévu et de l'usage raisonnablement prévisible.
Le présent document prend en compte les exigences relatives à toutes les personnes, y compris les enfants à partir de quatre ans, dans et autour des produits, et les dangers correspondants.
Le présent document exclut les considérations et exigences relatives à l'usage du produit par des enfants de moins de quatre ans.
Le présent document ne prend pas en compte les exigences relatives à la sécurité électrique du meuble.
De façon générale, il ne prend pas en compte :
- les dommages matériels ou environnementaux.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas :
- aux sièges intégrés dans d'autres machines ;
- aux sièges des véhicules.
Si le meuble à commande électrique possède des fonctions supplémentaires ou peut être converti en un autre produit, d'autres normes européennes pertinentes peuvent s'appliquer.
Le présent document n'est pas applicable aux meubles à commande électrique qui ont été fabriqués avant sa date de publication.
Chaque fois qu'il est utilisé dans le présent document, le terme « meuble » désigne un meuble à commande électrique.
Pohištvo - Pohištvo z električnim pogonom - Zahteve za stabilnost, trdnost, trajnost in mehansko varnost
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2022
Pohištvo - Pohištvo z električnim pogonom - Zahteve za stabilnost, trdnost,
trajnost in in mehansko varnost
Furniture - Electrically operated furniture - Stability, strength, durability and mechanical
safety requirements
Möbel - Elektrisch angetriebene Möbel - Standsicherheit, Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit
und mechanische Sicherheitsanforderungen
Mobilier - Meubles à commande électrique - Exigences de stabilité, de résistance, de
durabilité et de sécurité mécanique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17684
ICS:
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2022
ICS 97.140
English Version
Furniture - Electrically operated furniture - Stability,
strength, durability and mechanical safety requirements
Mobilier - Meubles à commande électrique - Exigences Möbel - Elektrisch angetriebene Möbel -
de stabilité, de résistance, de durabilité et de sécurité Standsicherheit, Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und
mécanique mechanische Sicherheitsanforderungen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 207.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
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aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 17684:2022 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Hazard identification and risk assessment . 11
5 Safety requirements and/or protective risk reduction measures . 11
5.1 General. 11
5.2 Loss of stability . 12
5.2.1 General. 12
5.2.2 Seating . 12
5.2.3 Tables . 12
5.2.4 Storage furniture. 13
5.2.5 Beds . 13
5.2.6 Screens and writing boards. 13
5.3 Edges, shear and compression . 14
5.3.1 General. 14
5.3.2 Edges and holes . 14
5.3.3 Shear and compression . 14
5.4 Strength and durability . 16
5.4.1 General. 16
5.4.2 Seating . 16
5.4.3 Tables . 17
5.4.4 Storage furniture. 18
5.4.5 Beds . 20
5.4.6 Screens and writing boards. 21
6 User manual . 21
6.1 General. 21
6.2 Warnings . 21
6.3 User instructions . 22
6.4 Assembly and installation instructions . 22
6.5 Maintenance Instructions . 22
7 Marking . 23
Annex A (informative) List of significant hazards . 24
A.1 List of Hazards covered by this document . 24
A.2 List of Hazardous situations, described in terms of tasks, covered by this document
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A.3 List of Hazardous events, covered by this document . 28
Annex B (normative) Test methods. 29
B.1 Finger entrapment . 29
B.1.1 Test equipment. 29
B.1.2 Test method . 30
Annex C (informative) Background to Furniture Standards . 33
C.1 Introduction . 33
C.2 CEN TC 207, Furniture . 33
C.3 Experience with safety requirements for furniture . 33
C.4 The similar risks shared by furniture, electrically operated furniture and non-
powered furniture . 33
C.5 Type of hazard . 34
C.5.1 Ergonomics . 34
C.5.2 Stability . 34
C.5.3 Risks of break up during operation . 34
C.5.4 Risks due to falling or ejected objects . 34
C.5.5 Risks due to surfaces, edges and angles . 34
C.5.6 Risks due to moving parts . 34
C.5.7 Product information and instructions for use . 34
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 35
Bibliography . 38
European foreword
This document (prEN 17684:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”,
the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Introduction
This document is a type-C document as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— electrically operated furniture manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— electrically operated furniture users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— electrically operated furniture users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with
special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of electrically operated furniture intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-
B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
This document has been prepared to meet the needs of manufacturers, users and safety enforcement
authorities, with the primary purpose of providing design and performance for mechanical safety in use
of electrically motorised furniture.
The safety requirements are based on the hazardous situations and events identified during intended
use, and reasonably foreseeable misuse, throughout the expected lifetime of the furniture. The hazards
identified in Clause 4 are based on the knowledge and experience of the design, incidents, accidents and
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