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AS/NZS 4790:2006
[Current]Furniture — Storage units — Determination of strength and durability
This Standard specifies test methods for determining the strength and durability of storage units that are fully assembled and ready for use, including their movable and non-movable parts. The tests consist of the application, to various parts of the unit, of loads, forces and velocities simulating normal functional use, as well as misuse, that might reasonably be expected to occur.
Published: 18/10/2006
Pages: 32
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General test conditions
4.1 Preliminary preparation
4.2 Test equipment
4.3 Application of forces
4.4 Tolerances
4.5 Sequence of testing
4.6 Prevention of movement during test
4.7 Load on parts not subject to testing
4.8 Inspection and assessment of results
5 Test apparatus
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
6 Test procedures for non-movable parts
6.1 Shelves
6.1.1 General
6.1.2 Shelf retention test
6.1.3 Deflection of shelves
6.1.4 Strength of shelf supports
6.2 Tops and bottoms
6.2.1 Sustained load test for tops and bottoms
6.2.2 Static load test for tops and bottoms
6.3 Strength of clothes rails and their supports
6.3.1 Strength of clothes-rail supports
6.3.2 Dislodgement of clothes rails
6.4 Strength of the structure
6.4.1 Test for structure and underframe
6.4.2 Drop test
6.4.3 Tests for units with castors or wheels
7 Test procedures for movable parts
7.1 Pivoted doors
7.1.1 General
7.1.2 Strength of pivoted doors
7.1.2.1 Vertical load on pivoted doors
7.1.2.2 Horizontal load on pivoted doors
7.1.3 Slam-shut test of pivoted doors
7.1.4 Durability of pivoted doors
7.2 Sliding doors and horizontal roll-fronts
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Slam shut/open test of sliding doors and horizontal roll-fronts
7.2.3 Durability of sliding doors and horizontal roll-fronts
7.3 Flaps
7.3.1 Strength of bottom-hinged flaps
7.3.2 Durability of flaps
7.3.3 Drop test for top-hinged flaps
7.4 Vertical roll-fronts
7.4.1 Slam shut/open of vertical roll-fronts
7.4.2 Durability of vertical roll-fronts
7.5 Extension elements
7.5.1 General
7.5.2 Strength of extension elements
7.5.3 Durability of extension elements
7.5.4 Slam shut/open test of extension elements
7.5.5 Displacement of extension element bottoms
7.5.6 Interlock test
7.6 Locking and latching mechanism tests
7.6.1 General
7.6.2 Strength test for locking and latching mechanisms for extension elements
7.6.3 Locking and latching mechanisms for doors, flaps and roll-fronts
7.6.4 Durability test of locking and latching mechanisms
8 Units mounted to the building or other structure
8.1 Units not supported by the floor
8.1.1 General
8.1.2 Movable parts, shelf supports, tops and bottoms
8.1.3 Sustained load test (overload)
8.1.4 Dislodgement test
8.2 Units supported by the floor
9 Test report
Annex A
A.1 Principle
A.2 Test tables
Annex B
B.1 Principle
B.2 Test apparatus
B.2.1
B.2.2
B.3 Calibration
B.3.1 Pneumatic slamming apparatus
B.3.2 Slamming apparatus with weight and string
B.4 Procedure
B.4.1 Slam-shut test
B.4.2 Slam-open test
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