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DIN Standards Committee Timber and Furniture

Abstract

This document is a type-C document as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010. This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety: — electrically operated furniture manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises), — health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.). Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the above-mentioned stakeholder groups: — electrically operated furniture users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises), — electrically operated furniture users/employees (e.g.: trade unions, organizations for people with special needs), — service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises), — consumers (in case of electrically operated furniture intended for use by consumers). The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting process of this document. The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document. When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type- B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C standard. This document has been prepared to meet the needs of manufacturers, users and safety enforcement authorities, with the primary purpose of providing design and performance for mechanical safety in use of electrically operated furniture. The safety requirements are based on the hazardous situations and events identified during intended use, and reasonably foreseeable misuse, throughout the expected lifetime of the furniture. The hazards identified in Clause 4 are based on the knowledge and experience of the design, incidents, accidents and other risks. The requirements on edges, surfaces, shear and compression are intended to minimize the hazards from any moving parts, e.g. the movement of the product or the application or release of an external force by an electrically operated component. The strength requirements are intended to minimize the hazards caused by the collapse of furniture when subjected to the highest levels of loading that might be reasonably expected to occur. The durability requirements are intended to minimize the hazards during the expected lifetime of the product, e.g when operating the electrically powered function. It should be emphasized that the stability, strength and durability requirements are the same as for non-electrically operated furniture. Electrical aspects of electrically operated furniture are covered by FprEN IEC 60335 2 116:2026. See also Annex C (Informative) Background to furniture standards.

Begin

2020-12-11

WI

00207297

Planned document number

DIN EN 17684

Project number

04201141

Responsible national committee

NA 042-05-21 AA - Electrically operated furniture  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 207/WG 9 - Test methods  

draft standard

Furniture - Electrically operated furniture - Stability, strength, durability and mechanical safety requirements; German and English version prEN 17684:2022
2022-07
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