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BS EN 581-2:2015 Incorporating corrigendum July 2016 BSI Standards Publication Outdoor furniture — Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use Part 2: Mechanical safety requirements and test methods for seating BS EN 581-2:2015 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 581-2:2015, incorporating corrigendum July 2016 It supersedes BS EN 581-2:2009 which is withdrawn The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum is indicated in the text by tags Text altered by CEN corrigendum July 2016 is indicated in the text by ˆ‰ The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee FW/0, Furniture, to Subcommittee FW/0/2, Domestic and Contract Furniture A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application © The British Standards Institution 2016 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016 ISBN 978 580 95272 ICS 97.140; 97.200.30 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 November 2015 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected 31 August 2016 Implementation of CEN corrigendum July 2016 EN 581-2 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2015 ICS 97.140; 97.200.30 Supersedes EN 581-2:2009 Incorporating corrigendum July 2016 English Version Outdoor furniture - Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use - Part 2: Mechanical safety requirements and test methods for seating Mobilier d'extérieur - Sièges et tables usages domestique, collectif et de camping - Partie 2: Exigences de sécurité, de résistance et de durabilité pour les sièges Aenmưbel - Sitzmöbel und Tische für den Camping-, Wohn- und Objektbereich - Teil 2: Mechanische Sicherheitsanforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Sitzmöbel This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 September 2015 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 EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels © 2015 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members Ref No EN 581-2:2015 E BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Contents Page European foreword Scope Normative references Terms and definitions 4 Testing 5 Test equipment 6.1 6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 Safety, strength and durability requirements for loungers General Stability, strength and durability Test sequence and parameters Requirements 7.1 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 Safety, strength and durability requirements for other seating General Stability, strength and durability Test sequence and parameters Requirements 8 8.1 8.2 Information for use General Marking for loungers Test report Annex A (normative) Forward and sideways stability tests for loungers 10 A.1 Test procedure 10 Annex B (informative) Purchase information (guidelines) 12 BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) European foreword This document (EN 581-2:2015) 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 May 2016, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2016 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 This document supersedes EN 581-2:2009 Compared to the current version, the main modifications are: — new requirements for tests, and loungers are no longer in an annex but in the standard, which is a simplification of the standard (requirements and clauses harmonized with the Clause of the standard); — a simplification of chapters has been made: test equipment; — a modification of reference (EN 1728:2012) has been made According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations 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 BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Scope This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for the safety, strength and durability of all types of outdoor seating for adults, without regard to materials, design/construction or manufacturing processes It does not apply to street furniture It does not apply to removable upholstery and covering It does not include requirements for the durability of castors/wheels and height adjustment mechanisms It does not include requirements for electrical safety It does not include requirements for the resistance to ageing and degradation caused by light, temperature and moisture The test requirements contained within this standard are based on use by persons weighing up to 110 kg 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 581-1, Outdoor furniture — Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use — Part 1: General safety requirements EN 1022:2005, Domestic furniture — Seating — Determination of stability EN 1728:2012, Furniture — Seating — Test methods for the determination of strength and durability Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply 3.1 outdoor seating for contract use outdoor seating intended for non-private use in places with public access 3.2 outdoor seating for domestic use outdoor seating intended for private use in places use without public access 3.3 outdoor seating for camping use outdoor seating foldable or knock-down and light-weight, intended for use in connection with camping and travelling 3.4 lounger seating intended for reclined posture with at least one backrest position with an “teta angle” between 0° and 45° and a leg rest which is integral part of the product and which is intended to support the full body weight of a user Note to entry: Figure shows teta angle in lounger BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Key θ teta anfla Figure — Teta angle in lounger 3.5 street furniture outdoor furniture use in public space, permanently fixed to the ground or any structure (e.g bus stop, wall…) or not able to be manually removed Testing Testing shall be carried out as specified in EN 1728 and EN 1022 With the exception of seating with a seat and back made of one piece of flexible material (e.g textile), attached at the upper and lower edges only, seat and back loading points shall be determined according to EN 1728 For seating with a seat and back made of one piece of flexible material (e.g textile), attached at the upper and lower edges only, the loading point shall be the lowest point when a rolling cylinder (Clause 5) is placed in the seating Test equipment In derogation to EN 1728 and EN 1022, the loading position template for seating with seat and back made of one suspended or hanging piece of flexible material (e.g textile) shall be a cylinder with a mass of (1 ± 0,5) kg and a diameter of (70 ± 10) mm Axis of the cylinder shall be perpendicular to the median plane of the seat Let the cylinder roll from the higher part of the top front of the flexible part Where the cylinder stops the seat load shall be applied NOTE A suitable length of the cylinder is 200 mm Safety, strength and durability requirements for loungers 6.1 General Before and after the strength, durability and stability tests are carried out, the EN 581-1 requirements shall be fulfilled 6.2 Stability, strength and durability 6.2.1 Test sequence and parameters The lounger shall be tested following the order listed in Table BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Table — Test sequence and test parameters for loungers Test References Test parameters Seat and back static load test a EN 1728:2012, 8.2 ˆ Additional seat and leg rest static load test EN 1728:2012, 8.3 Seat and back durability test EN 1728:2012, 8.4.1 Additional seat durability test EN 1728:2012, 8.4.2 ˆ Arm rest static load test EN 1728:2012, 8.6 Vertical specified Force, N Cycles Impact test EN 1728:2012, 8.8 Drop height, mm Durability test on back rest EN 1728:2012, 8.5 mechanism Arm rest durability test Lifting loungers test for 10 Forward stability mobile EN 1728:2012, 8.9 c, d 11 Rearward stability EN 1728:2012, 8.7 c 12 Sideways stability c, d A.1.2 Specified seat load, N Specified backrest load, N Minimum specified force F2 (back), N Cycles Additional cycle 30 ± 10 s Camping Domestic 750 600 10 750 900 10 100 10 Seat load on loading point, N Force applied on D-E point, N Cycles Additional cycle 30 ± 10 s 1 600 410 360 10 1 Contract 000 560 500 10 750 900 10 1‰ Specified seat load, N Specified backrest load, N Minimum specified force F4 (back), N Cycles 750 250 220 12 500 000 333 300 25 000 000 333 300 50 000 Specified force, N Seat load, N Cycles 190 000 000 250 000 10 000 250 000 20 000 Specified force, N Cycles 750 000 10 000 10 000 700 10 000 20 000 900 b 10 ‰ Specified force, N Cycles 400 000 400 10 000 400 30 000 Load, N 000 000 000 Cycles Cycles 140 10 500 180 10 000 240 10 000 EN 1022:2005, 6.6 for upright position and 7.5 for most reclined position A.1.1 If seat and back are of one piece of flexible material (e.g textile), only the tests on seat shall be carried out If armrest is less than 15 mm wide, carry out test with 700 N c In the case of seating which might not fulfil the stability requirements before carrying out any tests, the applicable stability tests may be carried out before starting the sequence of tests specified in this table d This test is not applicable for seating with a seat height < 200 mm and a mass < kg The height shall be determined by measuring from the floor to the upper seating area on the geometrical centre of the unloaded seat a b 6.2.2 Requirements The safety, strength and durability requirements are fulfilled after testing in accordance with Table when: a) there are no fractures of any joint, member or component, b) there is no loosening of joints intended to be rigid, c) the lounger fulfils its function after removal of the test loads, d) the product shall not overturn when subjected to the stability tests BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Safety, strength and durability requirements for other seating 7.1 General Before and after the strength, durability and stability tests are carried out, the requirements of EN 5811 shall be fulfilled 7.2 Stability, strength and durability 7.2.1 Test sequence and parameters The seating shall be tested for strength, durability and stability following the order listed in Table Table — Test sequence and test parameters for other seating Test Reference Seat static load and back static EN 1728:2012, 6.4 load test a Seat front edge static load EN 1728:2012, 6.5 combined Seat and back EN 1728:2012, 6.17 durability test a Durability test on seating with EN 1728:2012, 6.19 a multi-position back rest ˆ Arm rest static load test Arm rest durability test Leg forward static load test EN 1728:2012, 6.11 EN 1728:2012, 6.20 EN 1728:2012, 6.15 Leg sideways static load test EN 1728:2012, 6.16 Seat impact test c EN 1728:2012, 6.24 10 Foot rest static test d EN 1728:2012, 6.8 11 Forward stability e, f EN 1022 13 Sideways stability EN 1022 12 Rearward stability f e, f Test parameters Specified seat load, N Load applied on seat not being tested, N Specified backrest load, N Minimum specified force F2 (back), N Cycles Additional cycle 30 ± 10 s Camping Domestic Contract 750 750 750 100 - 10 1 600 410 360 10 000 560 500 10 Specified force, N 100 300 300 Specified seat load, N 000 000 000 220 300 Seat load, N Cycles Seat load, N Specified backrest load, N Minimum specified force F4 (back), N Cycles Seat load, N Specified force, N Cycles Vertical specified Force, N Cycles Specified force, N Cycles Seat load, N Horizontal specified forces, N Minimum specified force, N Cycles Seat load, N Horizontal specified forces, N Minimum specified force, N Cycles Drop height, mm Cycles Vertical specified force, N Cycles 750 10 750 250 750 10 750 333 12 500 25 000 190 250 750 000 10 400 750 10 000 700 10 400 750 10 750 333 300 50 000 750 250 20 000 900 b 10‰ 400 000 10 000 30 000 250 300 400 750 150 10 750 200 150 10 000 175 10 000 300 175 10 000 250 10 000 300 200 10 140 180 240 - 000 200 10 10 10 10 10 10 EN 1022 BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Test Reference Test parameters Camping Domestic Contract If seat and back are of one piece of flexible material (e.g textile), only the tests on seat shall be carried out If armrest is less than 15 mm wide, carry out test with 700 N for contract use c The application point shall be at least 100 mm from the front edge This test shall not be carried out on seating with a seat height > 600 mm d This test is carried out only on seating with a seat height > 700 mm e This test is not applicable for seating with a seat height < 200 mm and a mass < kg The height shall be determined by measuring from the floor to the upper seating area on the geometrical centre of the unload seat f In the case of seating which might not fulfil the stability requirements before carrying out any tests, the applicable stability tests may be carried out before starting the sequence of tests specified in this table a b 7.2.2 Requirements The safety, strength and durability requirements are fulfilled after testing in accordance with Table when: a) there are no fractures of any joint, member or component, b) there is no loosening of joints intended to be rigid, c) the seating fulfils its function after removal of the test loads, d) the seating fulfils the safety requirements, e) the product shall not overturn when subjected to the stability tests Information for use 8.1 General Instruction for use shall be provided in the language(s) of the country where the seating are sold These instructions shall be headed "IMPORTANT, RETAIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: READ CAREFULLY" in letters no less than mm high, unless if the following information are permanently marked on the product It shall contain at least the following details: a) name and address of the manufacturer/supplier/retailer; b) conditions for use of the product (domestic, camping or contract) If applicable: c) assembly instructions; d) instructions for the care and maintenance of the seating; e) if the seating is fitted with seat height adjustments with energy accumulators, an additional note is required pointing out that only trained personnel may replace or repair seat height adjustment components with energy accumulators 8.2 Marking for loungers Loungers equipped with wheels, but not intended to be lifted and moved with a person in it shall be permanently marked with the pictogram as shown in Figure The smallest dimension of the pictogram shall not be less than 25 mm BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Figure — Pictogram Test report The test report shall include at least the following information: a) reference to this part of the European Standard; b) details of piece of furniture tested; c) use of the product (Camping, Domestic or Contract); d) any defects observed before testing; e) the test results according to the applicable clauses; f) compliance with the requirements; g) the name and address of the test facility; h) the date of test BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Annex A (normative) Forward and sideways stability tests for loungers A.1 Test procedure A.1.1 Sideways stability The seat loading points shall be on a line 60 mm from the side edge and the first point shall be 300 mm from the front edge The following loading points shall be placed at least 600 mm apart from each other and at least 300 mm from an armrest or the rear edge of the lounger See Figure A.1 The forces shall be applied using the loading pad defined in EN 1022:2005, 4.2 If the arm rest is more than 400 mm in length apply additional vertical force FB.2 in the centre of it Apply simultaneously the downwards forces FB.1 on seat as specified in Table A.1 and the load on the arm rest (see Figure A.1) Maintain forces for s Dimensions in millimetres a) Lounger with arm rest b) Lounger without arm rest Figure A.1 — Example of application points for sideway stability 10 BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) A.1.2 Forward stability Apply the downwards force FB.3 as specified in Table A.1 (see Figure A.2) Apply a force FB.4 horizontally outwards Maintain both forces for at least s Dimensions in millimetres Key L length of the lounger Figure A.2 — Forward stability Table A.1 — Forces value Force name Force value N FB.1 600 FB.3 600 FB.2 ˆ FB.4 250 20‰ 11 BS EN 581-2:2015 EN 581-2:2015 (E) Annex B (informative) Purchase information (guidelines) To allow the consumer to select a product that will be suitable for the intended use prior to purchase, purchase information should be available without the need to open any package This should include: — identification of the product; — product characteristics such as dimensions, storage information, maintenance, etc.; — conditions for use of the product (camping, domestic or contract) 12 This page 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