BS 5873-4:1991
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Educational furniture Specification for strength and stability of storage furniture for educational institutions
Hardcopy , PDF
15-02-1998
English
28-06-1991
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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
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| DevelopmentNote |
BS DRAFT 97/703474 DC
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| 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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