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BS 5873-4:1991

Superseded

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Educational furniture Specification for strength and stability of storage furniture for educational institutions

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

15-02-1998

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-06-1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Strength tests
4. Stability tests
5. Marking
Appendices
A. Tests on shelves, horizontal surfaces and clothes
     hanging rails
B. Test on pivoted doors
C. Tests on sliding doors
D. Tests on flaps
E. Tests on roll fronts
F. Tests on drawers
G. Tests on carcase and underframe
H. Test for strength of coat hooks
J. Stability tests
K. Calibration of drawer slamming machine
Tables
1. Order of tests for ranges of equipment
2. Summary of test procedures
3. Steel impact plates
4. Average loads applied to parts other than the
     part being tested
5. Maximum loads applied to parts undergoing test
6. Loads applied
Figures
1. Strength of shelf supports
2. Deflection of shelves
3. Strength of clothes hanging rail supports
4. Deflection of clothes hanging rails
5. Strength of pivoted doors
6. Slam open/shut of sliding doors
7. Strength of flaps
8. Slam shut of roll front
9. Strength of runners
10. Slam shut of drawers
11. Displacement of bottom surface of drawers
12. Wear and fatigue of drawers and runners
13. Strength of carcase and underframe
14. Strength of hooks
15. Overturning test on an unloaded carcase: doors and
     drawers
16. Horizontal impact device
17. Overturning test on a loaded article: doors and
     drawers
18. Overturning test on a loaded article: drawer
     slamming
19. Overturning test on flaps

Describes methods of test for determining the strength and stability of storage furniture for educational institutions, including locker storage.

Committee
FW/0
DevelopmentNote
BS DRAFT 97/703474 DC
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
32
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

BS 5873-2:1991 Educational furniture Specification for strength and stability of chairs for educational institutions

BS 4875-8:1985 Strength and stability of furniture Methods for determination of stability of storage furniture
BS 4875-7:1985 Strength and stability of furniture Methods for determination of strength of storage furniture
BS 903-A26:1969 Physical testing of rubber Determination of hardness

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