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AS/NZS 4442:2018
[Current]Office desks, office workstations and tables intended to be used as office desks - Mechanical, dimensional and general requirements and test methods
Provides manufacturers, specifiers, retailers, purchasers and users with requirements and test methods for general safety, strength, durability, stability and dimensions for office desks, office workstations, and tables intended to be used as office desks, for use in indoor commercial and/or home office environments, to assist in determining the suitability of these items for their intended purpose.
Published: 28/08/2018
Pages: 79
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
2 Testing considerations, reporting, and general safety requirements
2.1 Testing considerations
2.1.1 Laboratory accreditation
2.1.2 Multiple component systems
2.1.3 Accuracy and precision
2.2 Test report
2.3 General safety requirements
2.3.1 General
2.3.2 Assembly instructions
2.3.3 User worktop height adjustment mechanism
2.3.3.1 General
2.3.3.2 Electrically actuated worktop height adjustment
2.3.4 Edges, corners, and gaps
2.3.5 Extendable components
2.3.6 Workmanship
2.3.7 Formaldehyde emissions
3 Dimensional requirements
3.1 General
3.2 Functional classifications
3.2.1 Supplier identification
3.2.2 Test laboratory verification
3.3 Test set up
3.4 Primary worktop—Work surface requirements
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Work surface levelling
3.4.3 Designated working position
3.4.3.1 General
3.4.3.2 Template size
3.4.3.3 Width and depth
3.4.3.4 Working edge—General requirements
3.4.3.5 Working edge—Edge restriction
3.4.3.6 Working edge—Segmented convex edge restriction
3.4.3.7 User access
3.4.4 Available work surface area
3.4.4.1 General
3.4.4.2 Single task work
3.4.4.3 Mixed task work
3.5 Primary worktop—Worktop thickness requirement
3.6 Primary worktop—Height requirements
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Sitting units’ primary worktop height requirements
3.6.2.1 Sitting units with a fixed height primary worktop
3.6.2.2 Sitting units with a height adjustable primary worktop
3.6.3 Standing units’ primary worktop height requirements
3.6.3.1 Standing units with a fixed height primary worktop
3.6.3.2 Standing units with height adjustable primary worktops
3.6.4 Sit to stand units’ primary worktop height requirements
3.6.5 Step height adjustment
3.6.6 Summary of primary worktop height requirements
3.7 Leg space requirements
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Sitting units’ leg space requirements
3.7.2.1 General
3.7.2.2 Sitting units with a fixed height primary worktop, or a height adjustable primary worktop
3.7.3 Standing units with a height adjustable primary worktop(s) leg space requirements
3.7.3.1 General
3.7.3.2 Standing units with a height adjustable primary worktop(s)
3.7.4 Sit to stand units leg space requirements
3.8 Modesty screen
3.8.1 General
3.8.2 Sitting unit with a fixed height worktop
3.8.3 Units with a user height adjustable worktop
3.9 Multiple users
3.10 Additional test report content
4 Stability—Requirements and test methods
4.1 General
4.2 Stability test requirements
4.3 Stability tests—Vertical
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Vertical stability test for units with a primary worktop that can be set at a height ≤845 mm
4.3.2.1 General
4.3.2.2 Purpose
4.3.2.3 Apparatus
4.3.2.4 Test procedure
4.3.3 Vertical stability test for units with a primary worktop that can be set at a height >845 mm
4.3.3.1 General
4.3.3.2 Purpose
4.3.3.3 Apparatus
4.3.3.4 Test procedure
4.4 Stability test—Horizontal
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Purpose
4.4.3 Apparatus
4.4.4 Test procedure
4.5 Stability test—Units with storage components
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Purpose
4.5.3 Apparatus
4.5.4 Test procedure
4.6 Stability test—Horizontal impact
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Purpose
4.6.3 Apparatus
4.6.4 Test procedure
4.7 Additional test report content
5 Strength and durability requirements and test methods
5.1 General
5.2 Test sequence
5.3 Drop test
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Purpose
5.3.3 Test requirements
5.3.4 Apparatus
5.3.5 Test procedure
5.3.6 Additional test report content
5.4 Leg strength test
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Purpose
5.4.3 Test requirements
5.4.4 Apparatus
5.4.5 Test procedure
5.4.6 Additional test report content
5.5 Horizontal stiffness test
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Purpose
5.5.3 Test requirements
5.5.4 Apparatus
5.5.5 Test procedure
5.5.6 Additional test report content
5.6 Leg fatigue test
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Purpose
5.6.3 Test requirements
5.6.4 Apparatus
5.6.5 Test procedure
5.6.6 Additional test report content
5.7 Primary worktop deflection, strength, and durability test sequence
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Test requirements
5.7.3 Vertical deflection test
5.7.3.1 Purpose
5.7.3.2 Apparatus
5.7.3.3 Test procedure
5.7.4 Vertical static load test—Concentrated load
5.7.4.1 Purpose
5.7.4.2 Apparatus
5.7.4.3 Test procedure
5.7.5 Vertical static load test—Distributed load
5.7.5.1 Purpose
5.7.5.2 Apparatus
5.7.5.3 Test procedure
5.7.6 Worktop cyclic vertical load test—Designated working position
5.7.6.1 Purpose
5.7.6.2 Apparatus
5.7.6.3 Test procedure
5.7.7 Additional testing
5.7.8 Additional test report content
5.8 Worktop cyclic vertical load test—Secondary worktops
5.8.1 General
5.8.2 Purpose
5.8.3 Test requirements
5.8.4 Apparatus
5.8.5 Test procedure
5.8.6 Additional test report content
5.9 Component dislodgement test
5.9.1 General
5.9.2 Purpose
5.9.3 Test requirements
5.9.4 Apparatus
5.9.5 Test procedure
5.9.6 Dislodgment test forces
5.9.7 Additional test report content
5.10 Castor and wheel test
5.10.1 General
5.10.2 Purpose
5.10.3 Test requirements
5.10.4 Apparatus
5.10.5 Test procedure
5.10.6 Additional test report content
5.11 Flip top durability test
5.11.1 General
5.11.2 Purpose
5.11.3 Test requirements
5.11.4 Apparatus
5.11.5 Test procedure
5.11.6 Additional test report content
5.12 Flip top latch strength test
5.12.1 General
5.12.2 Purpose
5.12.3 Test requirements
5.12.4 Apparatus
5.12.5 Test procedure
5.12.6 Additional test report content
5.13 Storage component tests
5.13.1 General
5.13.2 Purpose
5.13.3 Apparatus
5.13.4 Test requirements
5.13.5 Test procedure
5.13.6 Additional test report content
5.14 Attached seating
5.14.1 General
5.14.2 Purpose
5.14.3 Test requirements
5.14.4 Apparatus
5.14.5 Test procedure
5.14.6 Additional test report content
5.15 Vertical adjustment cyclic test—Primary worktops
5.15.1 General
5.15.2 Purpose
5.15.3 Test requirements
5.15.4 Apparatus
5.15.5 Test procedure
5.15.6 Additional test report content
5.16 Vertical adjustment cyclic test—Secondary worktops
5.16.1 General
5.16.2 Purpose
5.16.3 Test requirements
5.16.4 Apparatus
5.16.5 Test procedure
5.16.6 Additional test report content
5.17 Vertical adjustment cyclic test—Adjustable keyboard platforms
5.17.1 General
5.17.2 Purpose
5.17.3 Test requirements
5.17.4 Apparatus
5.17.5 Test procedure
5.17.6 Additional test report content
5.18 Pull force test
5.18.1 General
5.18.2 Purpose
5.18.3 Test requirements
5.18.4 Apparatus
5.18.5 Test procedure
5.18.6 Additional test report content
Appendix A
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