ANSI/BIFMA X5.1-2011 General Purpose Office Chairs - Tests
ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 is intended to provide manufacturers, specifiers, and users with a common basis for evaluating the safety, durability, and structural adequacy of general-purpose office chairs. General-purpose office chairs are normally used in an office environment and may include, but are not limited to those seating styles typically referred to as: executive/management, task/secretarial, side/guest chairs, stacking chairs, tablet arm chairs and stools.
ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 includes the following tests:
- Back Strength Test - Static – Type I
- Back Strength Test - Static – Type II & III
- Base Test - Static
- Drop Test - Dynamic
- Swivel Test - Cyclic
- Tilt Mechanism Test - Cyclic
- Seating Durability Tests - Cyclic
- Stability Tests
- Arm Strength - Vertical - Static
- Arm Strength - Horizontal - Static
- Back Durability Test - Cyclic - Type I
- Back Durability Test - Cyclic - Type II & III
- Caster/Chair Base Durability Test - Cyclic
- Leg Strength - Front and Side Application
- Footrest Static Load Test - Vertical
- Footrest Durability Test - Vertical - Cyclic
- Arm Durability Test - Cyclic
- Out Stop Tests for Chairs with Manually Adjustable Seat Depth
- Tablet Arm Static Load Test
- Tablet Arm Load Ease Test - Cyclic
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