CEN/TR 17538:2020

Furniture - Common test equipment - Test foams and mattresses

This document contains suggested requirements for commonly used test mattresses and test foams specified in test method standards for furniture.
The document contains guidance that may be used by standards developers to ensure test equipment is consistent throughout furniture test standards.
The document contains guidance that may be used by test laboratories to provide a consistent source of test equipment when new standards are developed or older standards are revised.

Möbel - Gängige Prüfeinrichtungen - Prüfschäume und Prüfmatratzen

Ameublement - Équipement d’essai courant - Mousses et matelas d’essai

Le présent document contient des suggestions d’exigences concernant les matelas et mousses d’essai couramment utilisés, spécifiées dans les normes de méthodes d’essai relatives aux meubles.
Le présent document contient des recommandations pouvant être utilisées par les concepteurs de normes pour s’assurer de la cohérence de l’équipement d’essai dans toutes les normes d’essais relatives aux meubles.
Le présent document contient des recommandations pouvant être utilisées par les laboratoires d’essais pour fournir une source cohérente d’équipement d’essai lors de l’élaboration de nouvelles normes ou de la révision d’anciennes normes.

Pohištvo - Skupna preskusna oprema - Preskusne pene in posteljni vložki

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 01-Sep-2020
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 207 - Furniture
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 207/WG 9 - Test methods
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 02-Sep-2020
• Due Date: 09-Jul-2021
• Completion Date: 02-Sep-2020
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CEN/TR 17538:2020 - Furniture - Common test equipment - Test foams and mattresses

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2020
Pohištvo - Skupna preskusna oprema - Preskusne pene in posteljni vložki
Furniture - Common test equipment - Test foams and mattresses
Möbel - Gängige Prüfeinrichtungen - Prüfschäume und Prüfmatratzen
Ameublement - Équipement d’essai courant - Mousses et matelas d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TR 17538:2020
ICS:
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

CEN/TR 17538
TECHNICAL REPORT
RAPPORT TECHNIQUE
September 2020
TECHNISCHER BERICHT
ICS 97.140
English Version
Furniture - Common test equipment - Test foams and
mattresses
Ameublement - Équipement d'essai courant - Mousses Möbel - Gängige Prüfeinrichtungen - Prüfschäume und
et matelas d'essai Prüfmatratzen

This Technical Report was approved by CEN on 24 August 2020. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 207.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
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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COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

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© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. CEN/TR 17538:2020 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Test equipment . 5
4.1 Tolerances . 5
4.2 Test mattresses . 5
4.2.1 Adult test mattress . 5
4.2.2 Children’s test mattress . 6
4.3 Test foams . 6
4.3.1 Standard test foam . 6
4.3.2 Test foam for glass . 6
4.3.3 Recommended usage . 6

European foreword
This document (CEN/TR 17538:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207
“Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Introduction
This document is a non-normative CEN publication which provides guidance information on the most
current specifications for common test foams and test mattresses for consideration when developing
safety standards for furniture.
This document has been drawn up
...