ANSI/BIFMA X5.5-2014 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.
*Our UL Laboratory in Cabiate, Italy is an IKEA approved testing lab and able to perform additional table tests. Refer to our IKEA Testing page for more details.
ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 includes the following tests:
- Stability with Extendible Elements Open Test
- Stability Under Vertical Load Test
- Horizontal Stability Test for Desk/Tables with Casters
- Stability Test for Keyboard/Laptop Tables (with and without casters)
- Force Stability Test for Tall Desk/Table Products
- Concentrated Functional Load Test
- Distributed Functional Load Test
- Concentrated Proof Load Test
- Distributed Proof Load Test
- Transaction Surface Torsion Load Test
- Extendible Element Static Load Test
- Benching Systems - Distributed Functional Load and Stability Test
- Benching Systems - Distributed Proof Load Test
- Top Load Ease Cycle Test
- Desk/Table Unit Drop Test
- Leg Strength Test
- Disengagement Test for Tall Desk/Table Products
- Cycle Test for Extendible Elements Deeper than Wide
- Cycle Test for Extendible Elements Wider than Deep
- Cycle Test for Center/Pencil Drawers
- Extendible Element Retention Impact and Durability Test
- Extendible Element Rebound Test
- Interlock Strength Test
- Force Test for Extendible Element Locks
- Force Test for Door Locks
- Locking Mechanism Cycle Test
- Work Surface Vertical Adjustment Test
- Keyboard Support and Input Device Support Adjustment Tests
- Slam Closed Test for Vertically Hinged and Vertically Receding Doors
- Drop Cycle Test for Horizontally Hinged and Horizontally Receding Doors
- Slam Test for Doors that Free Fall Open or Closed
- Slam Open and Closed Test for Doors That Do Not Free Fall
- Door Latch Test
- Strength Test for Vertically-Hinged Doors, Bi-fold Doors, and Vertically Receding Doors
- Hinge Override Test for Vertically-Hinged Doors
- Vertically Receding Doors Strength Test
- Horizontal Receding Door Strength Test
- Wear and Fatigue Test for Hinged, Horizontal Sliding, and Tambour Doors
- Wear and Fatigue Test for Vertical Receding Doors
- Wear and Fatigue Test for Horizontal Receding Doors
- Vertical and Horizontal Receding Door Out Stop Test - Cyclic Impact Durability
- Durability Test for Desks and Table with Casters
- Pull Force Test
- Tilting Top Table - Cycle Test
- Tilting Top Table - Latch Strength Test
- Monitor Arm Strength Test
- Monitor Arm Cyclic Test
- Monitor Arm Dislodgement Test
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