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BS ISO 7170:2021 Furniture. Storage units. Test methods for the determination of strength, durability and stability, 2021
- National foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 General test conditions [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Preliminary preparation
- 4.2 Application of forces
- 4.3 Tolerances
- 4.4 Prevention of movement during test
- 4.5 Loading
- 5 Test equipment and apparatus
- 6 Test procedures for non-movable parts [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Shelves [Go to Page]
- 6.1.1 General
- 6.1.2 Shelf retention test — Horizontal outward force
- 6.1.3 Shelf retention test — Vertical downward force
- 6.1.4 Deflection of shelves
- 6.1.5 Strength of shelf supports
- 6.2 Tops and bottoms [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 Sustained load test for tops and bottoms
- 6.2.2 Static load test for tops and bottoms
- 6.3 Clothes rails and supports [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Strength of supports
- 6.3.2 Strength of clothes rails
- 6.4 Strength of the structure [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 Test for structure, underframe and/or legs
- 6.4.2 Drop test
- 6.4.3 Tests for units with castors or wheels
- 7 Test procedures for movable parts [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Pivoted doors [Go to Page]
- 7.1.1 General
- 7.1.2 Strength of pivoted doors — Vertical load
- 7.1.3 Strength of pivoted doors — Horizontal force
- 7.1.4 Slam shut of pivoted doors
- 7.1.5 Durability of pivoted doors
- 7.2 Sliding doors and horizontal roll fronts [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 General
- 7.2.2 Slam shut/open of sliding doors and horizontal roll fronts
- 7.2.3 Durability of sliding doors and horizontal roll fronts
- 7.3 Flaps [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Strength of bottom-hinged flaps
- 7.3.3 Durability of flaps
- 7.3.4 Drop test for horizontally top-hinged doors/flaps
- 7.3.5 Vertical downward static load of top hinged flaps
- 7.4 Vertical roll fronts [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 General
- 7.4.2 Slam shut/open of vertical roll fronts
- 7.4.3 Durability of vertical roll fronts
- 7.5 Extension elements [Go to Page]
- 7.5.1 General
- 7.5.2 Strength of extension elements
- 7.5.3 Durability of extension elements
- 7.5.4 Slam shut of extension elements
- 7.5.5 Slam open of extension elements
- 7.5.6 Strength of bottoms in extension elements
- 7.5.7 Interlock test
- 7.6 Locking and latching mechanism test [Go to Page]
- 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 Locking and latching mechanism durability test
- 8 Trays [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Sustained load test for trays
- 8.3 Drop test for trays
- 9 Strength of coat hooks
- 10 Units mounted to the building or other structure [Go to Page]
- 10.1 Units not supported by the floor [Go to Page]
- 10.1.1 General
- 10.1.2 Movable parts, shelf supports, tops and bottoms
- 10.1.3 Static load
- 10.1.4 Dislodgement test
- 10.1.5 Sideward detachment test
- 10.2 Units supported by the floor
- 11 Stability tests [Go to Page]
- 11.1 General
- 11.2 Doors, extension elements and flaps closed, all storage units unloaded [Go to Page]
- 11.2.1 Units that are, or can be adjusted to, a height of 1 000 mm or less
- 11.2.2 Units that are, or can be adjusted to, a height of more than 1 000 mm
- 11.3 Opening doors, extension elements and flaps, all storage units unloaded
- 11.4 Doors, extension elements and flaps opened and unlocked [Go to Page]
- 11.4.1 All storage areas unloaded and all doors, extension elements and flaps open
- 11.4.2 All storage areas unloaded with overturning load
- 11.4.3 All storage areas loaded with overturning load
- 11.4.4 Storage areas partly loaded
- 11.5 Doors, extension elements and flaps closed and locked, all storage units loaded
- 11.6 Dynamic stability test for units with castors
- 11.7 Strength test for anti-overturning device
- 11.8 Additional stability test methods for TV furniture [Go to Page]
- 11.8.1 Determination of TV template
- 11.8.2 Stability of TV-furniture with one door and/or extension element opened
- 11.8.3 Stability of TV furniture with doors and extension elements closed — Storage areas unloaded
- 12 Test report
- Annex A (informative) Guidance for the choice of loads, cycles, etc. for storage furniture strength, durability and stability tests
- Annex B (informative) Suggested loads, cycles and forces for strength, durability and stability tests for storage furniture for domestic use
- Annex C (informative) Rationale for selected test methods
- Annex D (normative) Apparatus for slam-shut/open test of extension elements [Go to Page]
