EN14749 standard.ppt

Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,General safety requirements,Components or parts with which the user may come into contact during normal use shall have no burrs and/or sharp edges,nor shall there be any open-ended tubes.,All movable parts accessible during normal use shall have safety distances in any position during movement of 25 mm.,This applies to any elements moving relatively to each other,with the exception of doors,flaps and extension elements including their hardware.The safety distances also apply to the distance between handles/handgrips and other parts.,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Shelves,Shelves shall not fall down when tested when,-Apply a horizontal outwards force of 50%of the weight of the unloaded shelf to the middle of the front edge.,-Apply a vertical downward force of 100 N to any point 25 mm in from the front edge.,Shelf supports,Load the shelves to be tested uniformly,except at 220 mm from one support,where the impact plate shall be tipped over 10 times at a point as close to the support as possible.The striking surface of the impact plate shall be that faced with rubber.All supports of the shelf shall be tested.,After the test,the shelf and the shelf supports shall show no fracture or other damage that can affect the,safety.,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Pivoted door,This test applies to all doors hinged to the unit on one vertical side(including folding doors).,Load the door as shown in Figure 3 with a load of 30 kg.,Swing the door 10 full cycles(back and forth)from a position 45,from fully closed to a position 10,from fully,opened,up to a maximum of 135,.,Opening and closing can be done by hand using 3 s to 5 s for opening and 3 s to 5 s for closing.,After the test the door shall remain attached to the unit.,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Sliding door,This test applies to all doors sliding horizontally including those constructed from hinged elements.,The door shall be opened/closed by means of a string or cord attached to the center of the handle.,If the door has no handle,the string shall be attached at the middle of the door height.,Determine the mass W,required to just move the door.The test mass shall be 4 kg plus the mass W.,Close/open the door/roll front 10 times towards the fully closed/opened positions using the test mass,(W+4)kg.,Start the movement 300 mm from the closed/opened positions respectively.The test mass shall act until,(10+-5)mm before the closed/opened.,After the test there shall be no fracture or other damage that can affect the safety.,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Extension Elements,The slam open test applies to all types of extension elements with stops in the open position.,Place the extension elements on its runners and load with glass marbles(5.7)according to Table 1.,Close the extension element to a position 300 mm from the fully open position(or fully close the extension,element if the travel is less than 300 mm).,Apply the force to the handle or,in case of two handles in the middle between the handles.In case of,extension elements without a handle applied the force at the same level as the runners.,The slamming force shall be applied until(10+-5)mm before the extension elements reaches its end travel.,Slam the extension elements open 10 times.,Throughout the test,the extension elements shall not fall out of the cabinet.,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Flaps,This test only applies to flaps intended to be loaded when used in the open position,e.g.as a,work surface.,Apply a vertical force 10 times with 200 N.,During each application maintain the load for 10 s.,After the test,the flap and/or the unit shall show no fracture or other damage that can affect the,safety,Indoor Furniture,EN 14749,Top surfaces and worktops,Top surface,Apply a vertical force 10 times with 750 N at the position most likely to cause failure but not,less than 50 mm from the edge.,During each application maintain the load for 10 s.,After the test the top surface and/or unit shall show no fracture or other damage that can affect the safety.,Worktops,Apply a vertical force 10 times with 1 000 N at the position most likely to cause failure but not less,than 50 mm from the edge.,During each application maintain the load for 10 s.,After the test the worktop surface and/or unit shall show no fracture or other damage that can,affect the safety.,