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AS/NZS 4610.1:2020

[Current]

Furniture — School and educational, Part 1: Tables — Strength, durability and stability

The objective of this Standard is to provide educational authorities, purchasers, specifiers, users, manufacturers and consumers with requirements for school and educational tables/desks with and without storage features that specify sizing, safety, strength, durability, stability and marking requirements to assist in selection and evaluation.
Published: 20/03/2020
Pages: 64
Table of contents
Cited references
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
1.4 Accuracy and precision
1.5 Loads and forces
1.6 Testing laboratories
1.7 General
2 General inspection, failure criteria and test report
2.1 Pretest inspection
2.1.1 General
2.1.2 Procedure
2.2 Post–test inspection
2.3 Failure criteria
2.3.1 Sections 3, 4 and 5
2.3.2 Sections 6 and 7
2.3.3 Section 8
2.4 Test report
3 Table categories and assessment
3.1 Sitting table (Category A)
3.2 Standing table (Category B)
3.3 Sit-to-stand table (Category C)
3.4 High sitting table (Category D)
3.4.1 Dimensional size mark of high sitting tables
3.4.2 Strength and durability of high sitting tables
3.5 Assessment categories
3.6 Height adjustable tables
3.7 Tables with castors or wheels
3.8 Functional dimensions and size marks for tables
4 Table legroom
4.1 General
4.2 Sitting tables
4.3 Standing tables
4.4 Sit-to-stand tables
5 Table safety
5.1 General
5.2 Flip top latching mechanisms
5.3 Formaldehyde emissions
6 Table stability
6.1 General
6.2 Table stability tests
7 Table strength
7.1 General
7.1.1 Test samples
7.1.2 Test conditions
7.1.3 Height adjustable tables — Test configuration
7.1.4 Order of testing
7.2 Table strength and durability tests and test specific requirements
8 Strength and durability of storage components in tables
9 Labelling and markings
Appendix A
A.1 Principle
A.2 Apparatus
A.3 Preparation
A.4 Procedure
A.5 Test report
Appendix B
B.1 Principle
B.2 Apparatus
B.3 Preparation
B.4 Procedure
B.5 Test report
Appendix C
C.1 Principle
C.2 Apparatus
C.3 Preparation
C.4 Procedure
C.4.1 Drawers
C.4.2 Doors
C.4.3 Flaps and extendible members
C.5 Test report
Appendix D
D.1 Principle
D.2 Apparatus
D.3 Preparation
D.4 Procedure
D.4.1 General
D.4.2 Drawers
D.4.3 Doors
D.4.4 Flaps and extendible members
D.5 Test report
Appendix E
E.1 Principle
E.2 Apparatus
E.3 Preparation
E.4 Procedure
E.5 Test report
Appendix F
F.1 Principle
F.2 Apparatus
F.3 Preparation
F.4 Procedure
F.5 Test report
Appendix G
G.1 Principle
G.2 Test exclusion
G.3 Apparatus
G.4 Preparation
G.5 Procedure
G.6 Test report
Appendix H
H.1 Principle
H.2 Apparatus
H.3 Preparation
H.4 Procedures
H.4.1 General
H.4.2 Stiffness test
H.4.2.1 Fixed height tables
H.4.2.2 Height adjustable tables
H.4.3 Horizontal static load test
H.4.3.1 Fixed height tables
H.4.3.2 Height adjustable tables
H.5 Test report
Appendix I
I.1 Principle
I.2 Apparatus
I.3 Preparation
I.4 Procedure
I.5 Test report
Appendix J
J.1 Principle
J.2 Apparatus
J.3 Preparation
J.3.1 General
J.3.2 Height adjustable tables
J.3.3 Force load points
J.4 Procedure
J.5 Test report
Appendix K
K.1 Principle
K.2 Apparatus
K.3 Preparation
K.4 Procedures
K.4.1 Inadvertent latch disengagement
K.4.2 Tabletop flip action durability
K.5 Test report
Appendix L
L.1 Principle
L.2 Apparatus
L.3 Preparation
L.4 Procedure
L.5 Test report
Appendix M
M.1 Principle
M.2 Apparatus
M.3 Preparation
M.4 Procedure
M.5 Test report
Appendix N
N.1 Principle
N.2 Apparatus
N.3 Preparation
N.4 Procedure
N.4.1 General
N.4.2 Method A
N.4.3 Method B
N.5 Test report
Appendix O
O.1 Principle
O.2 General
O.3 Preparation
O.4 Apparatus
O.5 Procedure
O.6 Test report
Appendix P
P.1 General
P.2 Working heights
P.3 High sitting tables
P.4 Knee and thigh clearance when sitting
Bibliography
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Content history
[Superseded]
DR AS/NZS 4610.1:2019