ANSI/BIFMA X5.5-2008 Desk/Table Products - Tests
ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 provides a common basis for evaluating the safety, durability and structural performance, including reasonably foreseeable misuse, of desk/table products intended for use in commercial office and related institutional environments. It provides test methods and performance requirements for desk/table products.
ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 includes the following tests:| 4.2 | Stability with Extendible Elements Open Test |
| 4.3 | Stability Under Vertical Load Test |
| 4.4 | Horizontal Stability Test for Desk/Tables with Casters |
| 4.5 | Force Stability Test for Tall Desk/Table Products |
| 5.2 | Concentrated Functional Load Test |
| 5.3 | Distributed Functional Load Test |
| 5.4 | Concentrated Proof Load Test |
| 5.5 | Distributed Proof Load Test |
| 5.6 | Transaction Surface Torsion Load Test |
| 5.7 | Extendible Element Static Load Test |
| 6 | Top Load Ease Cycle Test |
| 7 | Desk/Table Unit Drop Test |
| 8 | Leg Strength Test |
| 9 | Disengagement Test for Tall Desk/Table Products |
| 10.2 | Cycle Test for Extendible Elements Deeper than Wide |
| 10.3 | Cycle Test for Extendible Elements Wider than Deep |
| 10.4 | Cycle Test for Center/Pencil Drawers |
| 11 | Extendible Element Retention Impact and Durability Test |
| 12 | Extendible Element Rebound Test |
| 13 | Interlock Strength Test |
| 14.2 | Force Test for Extendible Element Locks |
| 14.3 | Force Test for Door Locks |
| 14.4 | Locking Mechanism Cycle Test |
| 15 | Work Surface Vertical Adjustment Test |
| 16 | Keyboard Support and Input Device Support Adjustment Tests |
| 17.10 | Slam Closed Test for Vertically Hinged and Vertically Receding Doors |
| 17.11 | Drop Cycle Test for Horizontally Hinged and Horizontally Receding Doors |
| 17.12 | Slam Test for Doors that Free Fall Open or Closed |
| 17.13 | Slam Open and Closed Test for Doors That Do Not Free Fall |
| 17.14 | Door Latch Test |
| 17.2 | Strength Test for Vertically-Hinged Doors, Bi-fold Doors, and Vertically Receding Doors |
| 17.3 | Hinge Override Test for Vertically-Hinged Doors |
| 17.4 | Vertically Receding Doors Strength Test |
| 17.5 | Horizontal Receding Door Strength Test |
| 17.6 | Wear and Fatigue Test for Hinged, Horizontal Sliding, and Tambour Doors |
| 17.7 | Wear and Fatigue Test for Vertical Receding Doors |
| 17.8 | Wear and Fatigue Test for Horizontal Receding Doors |
| 17.9 | Vertical and Horizontal Receding Door Out Stop Test - Cyclic Impact Durability |
| 18 | Durability Test for Desks and Table with Casters |
| 19 | Pull Force Test |
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