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AS/NZS 4610.3:2020
[Current]Furniture — School and educational, Part 3: Storage furniture — 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 storage furniture that specifies strength, durability and stability requirements to assist in selection and evaluation.
Published: 20/03/2020
Pages: 69
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 General
1.4.1 Testing laboratories
1.4.2 Materials
1.4.3 Units requiring assembly
1.4.4 Units attached to floor or wall
1.4.5 Formaldehyde emissions
1.4.6 Test levels
1.4.7 Accuracy and precision
1.4.8 Loads, forces and application rates
1.4.9 Test conditions
1.4.10 Test samples
1.4.11 Order of testing
2 General inspection and failure criteria
2.1 Pre and post test inspection
2.2 Failure criteria
3 Test report
4 Strength and durability performance requirements
4.1 General
4.2 Tests for shelves and horizontal surfaces
4.3 Tests for pivoted doors
4.4 Tests for sliding doors and horizontal roll fronts
4.5 Tests for vertical roll fronts
4.6 Tests for top and bottom pivoted flaps
4.7 Tests for drawers and extendible members
4.8 Tests for totes
4.9 Tests for strength of unit
4.10 Strength and deflection of hanging rails
4.11 Lock and latch tests
4.12 Castors and wheels test
5 Stability performance requirements
5.1 Unloaded horizontal impact test
5.2 Vertical stability tests for an unloaded unit
5.3 Overturning test for a loaded unit
5.4 Dynamic stability for units with castors or wheels
6 Labelling and markings
7 Strength and durability summary tables
7.1 General
7.2 Test loads, forces and and cycle requirements
Appendix A
A.1 Principle
A.2 Apparatus
A.3 Preparation
A.4 Procedures
A.4.1 Deflection of shelves
A.4.2 Retention of shelves on shelf supports
A.4.3 Strength and displacement of shelves and shelf supports
A.4.4 Strength of top and bottom surfaces
A.5 Test report
Appendix B
B.1 Principle
B.2 Apparatus
B.3 Preparation
B.4 Procedures
B.4.1 Strength of pivoted doors
B.4.2 Slam shut of pivoted doors
B.4.3 Slam open of pivoted doors
B.4.4 Durability of pivoted doors
B.5 Test report
Appendix C
C.1 Principle
C.2 Apparatus
C.3 Preparation
C.4 Procedures
C.4.1 Slam shut/open of sliding doors and roll fronts
C.4.2 Durability of sliding doors and roll fronts
C.5 Test report
Appendix D
D.1 Principle
D.2 Apparatus
D.3 Preparation
D.4 Procedures
D.4.1 Slam shut of roll front
D.4.2 Durability of roll front
D.5 Test report
Appendix E
E.1 Principle
E.2 Apparatus
E.3 Bottom pivoted flaps
E.3.1 Preparation
E.3.2 Procedures
E.3.2.1 Strength of bottom pivoted flaps
E.3.2.2 Slam open of bottom pivoted flaps
E.3.2.3 Durability of bottom pivoted flaps
E.4 Top pivoted flaps
E.4.1 Preparation
E.4.2 Procedures
E.4.2.1 Slam shut of top pivoted flaps
E.4.2.2 Slam open of top pivoted flaps by powered devices
E.4.2.3 Durability of top pivoted flaps
E.5 Test report
Appendix F
F.1 Principle
F.2 Apparatus
F.3 Preparation
F.4 Procedures
F.4.1 Strength of drawers and runners
F.4.2 Slam shut of drawers
F.4.3 Slam open of drawers
F.4.4 Durability of drawers and runners
F.5 Test report
Appendix G
G.1 Principle
G.2 General
G.3 Required features
G.4 Apparatus
G.5 Procedures
G.5.1 Durability of totes on runners or in guides
G.5.2 Strength of tote — Centrally supported
G.5.3 Strength of tote — End supported
G.5.4 Drop test
G.6 Test report
Appendix H
H.1 Principle
H.2 Apparatus
H.3 Procedures
H.3.1 Static load of unit
H.3.2 Racking strength of unit
H.4 Test report
Appendix I
I.1 Principle
I.2 Apparatus
I.3 Procedures
I.3.1 Strength of attachment points and rail dislodgement
I.3.2 Strength, deformation and dislodgement of rails
I.4 Test report
Appendix J
J.1 Principle
J.2 Apparatus
J.3 Procedures
J.3.1 Strength of locks and manually actuated latches
J.3.2 Durability of key locking mechanisms
J.4 Test report
Appendix K
K.1 Principle
K.2 Apparatus
K.3 Procedure
K.4 Test report
Appendix L
L.1 Principle
L.2 Apparatus
L.3 Procedure
L.4 Test report
Appendix M
M.1 Principle
M.2 Apparatus
M.3 Procedure
M.4 Test report
Appendix N
N.1 Principle
N.2 Apparatus
N.3 Preparation
N.4 Procedures
N.4.1 Drawers, extendible members and doors
N.4.2 Flaps
N.4.3 Horizontal stability
N.5 Test report
Appendix O
O.1 Principle
O.2 Apparatus
O.3 Procedures
O.3.1 Unloaded units
O.3.2 Loaded units
O.4 Test report
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
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Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — Part 4: Indentation hardness by durometer method (Shore hardness)
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Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic — Determination of hardness — Part 5: Indentation hardness by IRHD pocket meter method
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