SIST EN 16139:2013
(Main)Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating
Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating
This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of nondomestic seating intended to be used by adults with a weight of not more than 110 kg, including office visitor chairs. This European Standard does not apply to ranked seating, office work chairs, chairs for educational institutions, outdoor seating and to links for linked seating for which European Standards or drafts exist. It
does also not apply to work chairs for industrial use. This European Standard does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting mechanisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms. This European Standard does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability.
Annex A contains additional tests.
Annex B contains information on the level of test severity in relation to applications.
Annex C contains dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs.
Möbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit - Anforderungen an Sitzmöbel für den Nicht-Wohnbereich
Diese Europäische Norm legt Anforderungen an die Sicherheit, Festigkeit und Dauerhaltbarkeit von allen Arten von Sitzmöbeln für den Nicht-Wohnbereich fest, die für die Benutzung durch Erwachsene mit einem Körpergewicht von nicht mehr als 110 kg bestimmt sind, einschließlich Büro-Besucherstühle.
Diese Europäische Norm gilt nicht für fest montiertes Reihengestühl, Büro-Arbeitsstühle, Stühle für Bildungs-einrichtungen, Außensitzmöbel und Verbindungselemente für Reihenbestuhlung, für die eigene Europäische Normen oder Norm Entwürfe bestehen. Sie gilt auch nicht für industriell genutzte Arbeitsstühle.
Diese Europäische Norm enthält keine Anforderungen an die Dauerhaltbarkeit von Polstermaterialien, Rollen, Neige und Kippmechanismen sowie Höhen-Verstell-Einrichtungen an Sitzen.
Diese Europäische Norm enthält keine Anforderungen an die Beständigkeit gegen Alterung, Qualitätsmin-derung und Brennbarkeit.
Anhang A beinhaltet zusätzliche Prüfungen.
Anhang B beinhaltet Informationen zu Prüfstufen im Verhältnis zum Anwendungsbereich.
Anhang C beinhaltet Maßanforderungen an Büro-Besucherstühle.
Mobilier - Résistance, durabilité et sécurité - Exigences applicables aux sièges à usage non domestique
La présente Norme européenne spécifie les exigences relatives à la sécurité, à la résistance et à la durabilité de tous les types de sièges à usage non domestique destinés à être utilisés par des adultes d'un poids maximal de 110 kg, y compris les sièges visiteurs.
Cette norme européenne ne s'applique pas aux sièges assemblés en rangées, aux sièges de bureau, aux sièges pour établissements d'enseignement, aux sièges d'extérieur ou aux assemblages de sièges assemblés pour lesquels il existe d'autres normes européennes ou projets de normes européennes. Elle ne s'applique pas aux sièges de travail à usage industriel.
Cette norme européenne ne comprend aucune exigence concernant la durabilité des matériaux de rembourrage, des roulettes, des mécanismes d'inclinaison et de basculement ou des mécanismes de réglage de la hauteur du siège.
Cette norme européenne ne contient aucune exigence relative à la résistance au vieillissement, à la dégradation et à l'inflammabilité.
L’Annexe A contient des essais supplémentaires.
L’Annexe B contient des informations sur le niveau de sévérité du test en relation avec les applications.
L’Annexe C contient des exigences dimensionnelles pour les sièges visiteurs de bureau.
Pohištvo - Trdnost, trajnost in varnost - Zahteve za sedežno pohištvo za javno uporabo
Ta evropski standard določa zahteve za varnost, trdnost in trajnost za vse vrste sedežnega pohištva za javno uporabo, namenjenega odraslim s težo, ki ne presega 110 kg, vključno s pisarniškimi stoli za obiskovalce. Ta evropski standard se ne uporablja za vrstne sedeže, pisarniške delovne sedeže, sedežno pohištvo za izobraževalne ustanove, zunanje sedežno pohištvo in povezave za povezano sedežno pohištvo, za katere obstajajo evropski standardi ali osnutki. Prav tako
se ne uporablja za delovne stole za industrijsko uporabo. Ta evropski standard ne zajema zahtev za trajnost tapetniških materialov, kolesc, mehanizmov za sklapljanje in prilagajanje naklona ter mehanizmov za nastavitev višine sedeža. Ta evropski standard ne vključuje zahtev za odpornost proti staranju, razpadu in vnetljivosti.
Dodatek A vsebuje dodatne preskuse.
Dodatek B vsebuje informacije o stopnji zahtevnosti glede na uporabo.
Dodatek C vsebuje dimenzijske zahteve za pisarniške stole za obiskovalce.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Pohištvo - Trdnost, trajnost in varnost - Zahteve za sedežno pohištvo za javno uporaboMöbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit - Anforderungen an Sitzmöbel für den Nicht-WohnbereichMobilier - Résistance, durabilité et sécurité - Exigences applicables aux sièges à usage non domestiqueFurniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating97.140PohištvoFurnitureICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 16139:2013SIST EN 16139:2013en,fr,de01-april-2013SIST EN 16139:2013SLOVENSKI
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SIST EN 16139:2013
EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 16139
March 2013 ICS 97.140 English Version
Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating
Mobilier - Résistance, durabilité et sécurité - Exigences applicables aux sièges à usage collectif
Möbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit - Anforderungen an Sitzmöbel für den Nicht-Wohnbereich This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 January 2013.
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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This European Standard exists 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.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.
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EN 16139:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword .3 Introduction .4 1 Scope .5 2 Normative references .5 3 Terms and definitions .5 4 Safety .7 4.1 General .7 4.2 Shear and squeeze points .7 4.2.1 Shear and squeeze points when setting up and folding .7 4.2.2 Shear and squeeze points under influence of powered mechanism .7 4.2.3 Shear and squeeze points during use .7 4.3 Stability .7 4.3.1 General .7 4.3.2 Swivelling chairs .8 4.3.3 Non swivelling chairs .8 4.4 Rolling resistance of the unloaded chair .8 4.5 Safety of the construction .8 5 Safety, strength and durability requirements .8 6 Test methods .9 7 Information for use . 10 8 Test report . 11 Annex A (informative)
Additional tests . 12 Annex B (informative)
Test severity in relation to applications . 13 Annex C (informative)
Dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs . 14 C.1 General . 14 C.2 Dimensional requirements . 14 C.2.1 Seat height [a] . 14 C.2.2 Seat depth [b] . 14 C.2.3 Seat width [d] . 14 C.2.4 Distance between arm rests [r] . 14 C.3 Determination of reference points . 14 C.3.1 Point “A” . 14 C.3.2 Back supporting point “S” . 14 C.4 Determination of dimensions . 14 C.4.1 Seat height [a] . 14 C.4.2 Seat depth [b] . 15 C.4.3 Seat width [d] . 15 C.4.4 Distance between arm rests [r] . 15 Bibliography . 16
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EN 16139:2013 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 16139:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2013. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. SIST EN 16139:2013
EN 16139:2013 (E) 4 Introduction This European Standard has been developed as a merging project out of the following European Standards: EN 15373:2007, Furniture – Strength, durability and safety – Requirements for non-domestic seating EN 13761:2002, Office furniture – Visitors chairs All requirements in EN 16139 are taken from these two standards, where the new test level 2 reflects test level 3 of EN 15373 and the new test level 1 reflects test level 2 of EN 15373 and the former EN 13761. The correspondent test method standard for this document, EN 1728, was also under revision in the same time period. In order to avoid a further revision of EN 16139 for the alignment with EN 1728, this project was slowed down until the final draft of EN 1728 was available. SIST EN 16139:2013
EN 16139:2013 (E) 5
1 Scope This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of non-domestic seating intended to be used by adults with a weight of not more than 110 kg, including office visitor chairs. This European Standard does not apply to ranked seating, office work chairs, chairs for educational institutions, outdoor seating and to links for linked seating for which European Standards or drafts exist. It does also not apply to work chairs for industrial use. This European Standard does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting mechanisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms. This European Standard does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability. Annex A contains additional tests. Annex B contains information on the level of test severity in relation to applications. Annex C contains dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1022, Domestic furniture – Seating – Determination of stability EN 1335-2:2009, Office furniture – Office work chair – Part 2: Safety requirements EN 1335-3:2009, Office furniture – Office work chair – Part 3: Test methods EN 1728:2012, Furniture – Seating – Test methods for the determination of strength and durability 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 accessible part part to which access can easily be gained by the user when the seating is in its intended configuration of use and for which the probability of unintentional user contact is high 3.2 part accessible during setting up and folding part to which access can only be gained when setting up and folding the furniture SIST EN 16139:2013
EN 16139:2013 (E) 6 3.3 shear and squeeze points shear and squeeze points exist if the distance between two accessible parts moving relatively to each other is less than 25 mm and more th
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Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for non-domestic seating
Möbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit - Anforderungen an Sitzmöbel für den
Nicht-Wohnbereich
Mobilier - Résistance, durabilité et sécurité - Exigences applicables aux sièges à usage
non domestique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16139
ICS:
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
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prEN 16139
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
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ICS
English Version
Furniture - Strength, durability and safety - Requirements for
non-domestic seating
Mobilier - Résistance, durabilité et sécurité - Exigences Möbel - Festigkeit, Dauerhaltbarkeit und Sicherheit -
applicables aux sièges à usage non domestique Anforderungen an Sitzmöbel für den Nicht-Wohnbereich
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 Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are 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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Contents Page
Foreword .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references .5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Test sequence .6
5 Safety .6
5.1 General .6
5.2 Shear and squeeze points .7
5.2.1 Shear and squeeze points when setting up and folding .7
5.2.2 Shear and squeeze points under influence of powered mechanism .7
5.2.3 Shear and squeeze points during use .7
5.3 Stability .7
5.3.1 General .7
5.3.2 Swivelling chairs .7
5.3.3 Non swivelling chairs .7
5.4 Rolling resistance of the unloaded chair .7
5.5 Safety of the construction .8
6 Strength and durability requirements.8
7 Test methods .8
8 Information for use . 10
9 Test report . 10
Annex A (normative) Tests for special types of seating and components . 12
A.1 Vertical upwards static load on arm rests . 12
A.1.1 Seating which may be moved when occupied . 12
A.1.2 Stacking seating . 12
A.2 Vertical load on back rests . 12
A.3 Auxiliary writing surface static load test . 12
A.4 Auxiliary writing surface fatigue test . 13
A.5 Foot rail fatigue test. 13
Annex B (informative) Additional tests . 14
B.1 Drop test for stacking seating . 14
B.2 Backward fall test . 15
B.3 Drop test from height of a table . 15
Annex C (informative) Test severity in relation to applications . 17
Annex D (normative) Dimensional requirements for office visitor chairs . 18
D.1 General . 18
D.2 Dimensional requirements . 18
D.2.1 Seat height [a] . 18
D.2.2 Seat depth [b] . 18
D.2.3 Seat width [d] . 18
D.2.4 Distance between arm rests [r] . 18
D.3 Determination of reference points . 18
D.3.1 Point "A" . 18
D.3.2 Back supporting point "S" . 18
D.4 Determination of dimensions . 18
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D.4.1 Seat height [a] . 18
D.4.2 Seat depth [b] . 19
D.4.3 Seat width [d] . 19
D.4.4 Distance between arm rests [r] . 19
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Foreword
This document (prEN 16139:2010) 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.
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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of non-
domestic seating intended to be used by adults with a weight of not more than 110 kg, including office visitor
chairs.
It does not apply to ranked seating, office work chairs, chairs for educational institutions, outdoor seating and
to links for linked seating for which EN Standards or drafts exist. It does also not apply to work chairs for
industrial use.
It does not include requirements for the durability of upholstery materials, castors, reclining and tilting
mechanisms and seat height adjustment mechanisms.
The Standard does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing, degradation and flammability.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 1022:2005, Domestic furniture ― Seating ― Determination of stability
EN 1335-1:2000, Office furniture ― Office work chair ― Part 1: Dimensions ― Determination of dimensions
EN 1335-2:2009, Office furniture ― Office work chair ― Part 2: Safety requirements
EN 1335-3:2009, Office furniture ― Office work chair ― Part 3: Test methods
EN 1728:2000, Domestic furniture ― Seating ― Test methods for the determination of strength and durability
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
accessible part
part to which access can easily be gained by the user when the seating is in its intended configuration of use
and for which the probability of unintentional user contact is high
3.2
part accessible during setting up and folding
part to which access can only be gained when setting up and folding the furniture
3.3
shear and squeeze points
shear and squeeze points exist if the distance between two accessible parts moving relatively to each other is
less than 25 mm and more than 8 mm for adults and children older than 3 years in any position during
movement
3.4
castors
castors assembly comprising a housing, one or more wheels, an axle and, if required, accessories
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3.5
leg rest
extension of the seat area intended to support the legs of the sitter
NOTE A leg rest may or may not be permanently attached to the seat.
3.6
foot rail
component intended as an occasional support for the feet or to assist getting on and off a high chair or stool
NOTE A foot rail may be a part of the structure of the underframe of a chair or stool.
3.7
visitor chair
seating for one person used in the office environment additional to the office work chair
NOTE It is used for meetings or consultations as well as for reading, writing, listening and waiting.
4 Test sequence
The safety tests shall be carried out in the numerical order as presented in 5.5. For all other tests there is no
sequence specified.
5 Safety
5.1 General
The seating shall be so designed as to minimise the risk of injury to the user.
All parts of the seating with which the user comes into contact, during intended use, shall be so designed that
physical injury and damage are avoided.
This requirement is met when:
accessible corners are rounded with minimum 2 mm radius;
the edges of the seat, back rest and arm rests which are in contact with the user when sitting in the chair
are rounded with minimum 2 mm radius;
the edges of handles are rounded with minimum 2 mm radius in the direction of the force applied;
all other edges are free from burrs and rounded or chamfered;
the ends of hollow components are closed or capped.
Movable and adjustable parts shall be designed so that injuries and inadvertent operation are avoided.
It shall not be possible for any load bearing part of the seating to come loose unintentionally.
All parts which are lubricated to assist sliding shall be designed to protect users from lubricant stains when in
normal use.
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5.2 Shear and squeeze points
5.2.1 Shear and squeeze points when setting up and folding
Unless 5.2.2 or 5.2.3 are applicable, shear and squeeze points that are created only during setting up and
folding, including tipping seat actions, are acceptable, because the user can be assumed to be in control of
his/her movements and to be able to cease applying the force immediately upon experiencing pain.
The edges of parts moving relative to each other and creating shear and squeeze points shall be as specified
in 5.1.
5.2.2 Shear and squeeze points under influence of powered mechanism
With the exception of tipping seats there shall be no shear and squeeze points created by parts of the seating
operated by powered mechanisms, e.g. springs and gas li
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