BS 5459-2(2000) : 2000

Superseded

SPECIFICATION FOR PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND TESTS FOR OFFICE FURNITURE - PART 2: OFFICE PEDESTAL SEATING FOR USE BY PERSONS WEIGHING UP TO 150 KG AND FOR USE UP TO 24 HOURS A DAY, INCLUDING TYPE-APPROVAL TESTS FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

06-09-2020

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2000

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
  4.1 Durability
  4.2 Component durability
  4.3 Stability
  4.4 Safety
  4.5 Type approval of bases, columns, seat actions, back stems
      and locking devices
  4.6 Criteria for failure and safe failure
5 Marking
  5.1 Complete chairs
  5.2 Bases, columns, seat actions, back stems and locking devices
Annex A (normative) Test methods
      A.1 General
      A.2 Principle
      A.3 Apparatus
      A.4 Determination of seat and back loading points
      A.5 Durability and safety tests
      A.6 Stability tests
      A.7 Durability of components
      A.8 Type-approval tests for columns, bases, actions, back
          stems and locking devices
      A.9 Test report
Bibliography

Describes performance requirements and test methods for the structural safety and stability of office pedestal seating when used by persons weighing up to 150 kg.

Committee	FW/0/3
DevelopmentNote	Together with BS EN 1335-2 & BS EN 1335-3, it supersedes BS 5459-2(1990). (10/2000) Supersedes 00/705081 DC. (06/2005) Supersedes 05/30142154 DC. (03/2006) 2000 Edition Re-issued in September 2008 & incorporates AMD 2 2008. Supersedes 08/30181507 DC. (10/2008) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	46
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded

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