SIST EN 13150:2020

Workbenches for laboratories in educational institutions - Dimensions, safety and durability requirements and test methods

This document applies to workbenches, movable science tables and workbench shelves designed for use in educational institutions and similar laboratories. It does not apply to workbenches and working tables for industrial laboratories, institutes and universities or similar research institutions. It does not apply to fume cupboards
This document specifies safety and durability requirements and test methods and gives dimensions.
Requirements and test methods related to the fire safety or workbenches and to the resistance of the work surface are not included in this document.
Requirements concerning electrical safety and media services (eg water, gas, wastewater, compressed air) are not included in this document.

Arbeitstische für Laboratorien in Bildungseinrichtungen - Maße, Anforderungen an die Sicherheit und Dauerhaltbarkeit und Prüfverfahren

Dieses Dokument gilt für fest installierte Arbeitstische, bewegliche Labortische und Tischablagen, die für den Gebrauch in Bildungseinrichtungen und gleichartigen Laboratorien konstruiert sind. Es gilt nicht für Arbeitstische und Labortische in industriellen Laboratorien, Instituten und Hochschulen oder ähnlichen Forschungseinrichtungen. Es gilt nicht für Abzüge.
Dieses Dokument legt Sicherheitsanforderungen und Prüfverfahren sowie Anforderungen an die Dauer-haltbarkeit fest und enthält Angaben für Maße.
Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren hinsichtlich der Feuersicherheit von Arbeitstischen und hinsichtlich der Widerstandsfähigkeit der Arbeitsoberfläche werden in diesem Dokument nicht behandelt.
Anforderungen an die elektrische Sicherheit und die Medienversorgung (z. B. Wasser, Gas, Abwasser, Druckluft) sind ebenfalls nicht Gegenstand dieses Dokuments.

Paillasses de laboratoire dans les établissements d’enseignement - Dimensions, spécification de sécurité et de durabilité et méthodes d’essai

Le présent document s’applique aux paillasses, aux tables de science mobiles et aux tablettes conçues pour une utilisation dans des établissements d’enseignement général et autres laboratoires similaires.
Le présent document spécifie les exigences de sécurité et de durabilité ainsi que les méthodes d’essai, et il indique les dimensions.
Les exigences et les méthodes d’essai relatives à la sécurité incendie des paillasses et à la résistance du plan de travail ne sont pas incluses dans le présent document.
Les exigences concernant la sécurité électrique ne sont pas non plus incluses.

Delovni pulti za laboratorije v vzgojno-izobraževalnih ustanovah - Mere, zahteve za varnost in trajnost ter preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 04-Jun-2018
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2020
• ICS: 71.040.10 - Chemical laboratories. Laboratory equipment
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• Technical Committee: POH - Furniture
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 05-Mar-2020
• Due Date: 10-May-2020
• Completion Date: 10-Mar-2020
• Ref Project: EN 13150:2020 - Workbenches for laboratories in educational institutions - Dimensions, safety and durability requirements and test methods

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN 13150:2002 - Workbenches for laboratories - Dimensions, safety requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2020

Overview

EN 13150:2020 - Workbenches for laboratories in educational institutions - specifies dimensions, safety and durability requirements and test methods for workbenches, movable science tables and workbench shelves intended for use in schools and similar educational laboratories. Published by CEN, this European standard is limited to educational settings and explicitly excludes industrial, university/research laboratory furniture and fume cupboards. It also excludes fire-resistance, work-surface chemical resistance, electrical safety and building media services (water, gas, compressed air) requirements.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Scope & exclusions
  • Applies only to educational institution laboratory workbenches; not for industrial or university labs and not for fume cupboards.
  • Fire safety, surface resistance and electrical/media services requirements are outside this standard.
• Dimensions
  • Specified nominal work surface heights (examples): sitting 740 ± 10 mm (600 mm for primary schools), standing 850 or 900 mm for secondary schools or use with high stools.
  • Clear work surface depth: 600–900 mm.
  • Maximum shelf height above workbench for depth ≥ 600 mm: 1 750 mm.
  • Legroom requirements reference EN 527-1 and EN 1729-1.
• Safety
  • Minimize injury risk: no sharp edges/burrs; capped open ends on tubular components.
  • Moving parts must maintain safe gaps (<8 mm or >25 mm) to avoid shearing/pinching.
  • Glass components meeting the standard’s threshold must comply with EN 12600 classification.
  • Work surfaces retaining liquids must provide retaining edges (minimum capacity 5 L/m²).
• Stability, strength and durability
  • Stability and load tests reference EN 1730 and EN 16122.
  • Representative safety test parameters include: horizontal static load (600 N, ×10), main-surface vertical load (2 000 N, ×10), ancillary-surface load (500 N), horizontal impact (50 kg drop from 40 mm), stability under vertical load (1 000 N).
  • Durability cycles include: height-adjustment 5 000 cycles (50 kg), horizontal and vertical durability 10 000 cycles, castor durability 2 000 cycles.
  • Surface gloss (reflection) requirements per EN 13722 to limit specular reflections (recommend silky matt finish).
• Test conditions & tolerances
  • Tests performed on assembled furniture, indoor ambient conditions; tolerances: masses ±0.5%, dimensions ±1.0 mm, angles ±2°, forces ±5%.

Practical applications

• Use this standard when designing, specifying, manufacturing or procuring school laboratory benches, science-room tables and shelving to ensure safety, dimensional compatibility and durability.
• Relevant for manufacturers, laboratory furniture specifiers, school facility managers, procurement officers, safety assessors and test laboratories.

Related standards

• EN 1730 (stability, strength and durability test methods)
• EN 16121 / EN 16122 (storage furniture requirements and tests)
• EN 1729-1 (educational furniture dimensions)
• EN 527-1 (work table dimensions)
• EN 12600 (glass impact classification)
• EN 13722 (surface gloss measurement)

Keywords: EN 13150:2020, workbenches for laboratories, educational institutions, workbench dimensions, laboratory furniture standard, safety and durability, test methods, bench stability.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13150:2002
Delovni pulti za laboratorije v vzgojno-izobraževalnih ustanovah - Mere, zahteve za
varnost in trajnost ter preskusne metode
Workbenches for laboratories in educational institutions - Dimensions, safety and
durability requirements and test methods
Arbeitstische für Laboratorien in Bildungseinrichtungen - Maße, Anforderungen an die
Sicherheit und Dauerhaltbarkeit und Prüfverfahren
Paillasses de laboratoire dans les établissements d’enseignement - Dimensions,
spécification de sécurité et de durabilité et méthodes d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13150:2020
ICS:
71.040.10 Kemijski laboratoriji. Chemical laboratories.
Laboratorijska oprema Laboratory equipment
97.140 Pohištvo Furniture
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 13150
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
February 2020
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 71.040.10 Supersedes EN 13150:2001
English Version
Workbenches for laboratories in educational institutions -
Dimensions, safety and durability requirements and test
methods
Paillasses de laboratoire dans les établissements Arbeitstische für Laboratorien in
d'enseignement - Dimensions, spécification de sécurité Bildungseinrichtungen - Maße, Anforderungen an die
et de durabilité et méthodes d'essai Sicherheit und Dauerhaltbarkeit und Prüfverfahren
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 October 2019.

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, 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.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION

EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG

CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 13150:2020 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 General test conditions . 5
4.1 Preliminary preparation . 5
4.2 Tolerances . 5
4.3 Test installation . 5
5 Dimensions . 5
5.1 General . 5
5.2 Heights . 5
5.3 Depth of work surface . 7
5.4 Service zone. 7
6 Safety requirements . 7
6.1 General . 7
6.2 Stability . 7
7 Strength and durability requirements . 8
7.1 General . 8
7.2 Sequence and parameters for safety testing . 8
7.3 Sequence and parameters for durability testing . 9
7.4 Surface reflection requirements. 9
7.5 Requirements for storage components . 9
8 Information for use . 9
9 Marking and labelling requirements . 9
10 Test report . 10

European foreword
This document (EN 13150:2020) 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 August 2020, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by August 2020.
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.
This document supersedes EN 13150:2001.
Compared to EN 13150:2001, the following modifications have been made:
a) scope has been restricted to the workbenches in educational institutions;
b) removal of Annex A (normative) containing detailed test methods;
c) this document refers to other relevant EN standards such as EN 1730, EN 16122 for the applicable
test methods;
d) no terms and definitions are listed in this document;
e) removal of Annex B (informative) containing optional durability tests. Durability test requirements
are now in the main body of this document.
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, 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 the United
Kingdom.
1 Scope
This document applies to workbenches, movable science tables and workbench shelves designed for use
in educational institutions and similar laboratories. It does not apply to workbenches and working tables
for industrial laboratories, institutes and universities or similar research institutions. It does not apply to
fume cupboards.
This document specifies safety and durability requirements and test methods and gives dimensions.
Requirements and test methods related to the fire safety of workbenches and to the resistance of the
work surface are not included in this document.
Requirements concerning electrical safety and media services (e.g. water, gas, wastewater, compressed
air) are not included in this document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 527-1:2011, Office furniture — Work tables and desks — Part 1: Dimensions
EN 1729-1:2015, Furniture — Chairs and tables for educational institutions — Part 1: Functional
dimensions
EN 1730:2012, Furniture — Tables — Test methods for the determination of stability, strength and
durability
EN 12600, Glass in building — Pendulum test — Impa
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