ANSI BIFMA 5.4 Testing For Lounge Public Seating

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CIL Provides ANSI/BIFMA X5.4 Testing For Lounge & Public Seating. CDG offers BIFMA X5.4 testing as part of its Office Furniture Testing services.  ANSI BIFMAX5.4 Public and Lounge Seating was initially released in 1980 and since then went through multiple editions.  The current edition was published in 2020. This standard is for lounge seating products having single or multiple seating positions, with or without pedestal bases. BIFMA X5.4 is for chairs designed for individuals with a corporal mass of up to 275 lbs which represents the 95th percentile male.  The tests were developed with an estimated product life of ten years based on a continuous single shift usage. Regular office chairs should be tested to BIFMA X5.1. We also offer BIFMA X6.1, BIFMA X6.4, BIFMA HCF 8.1 testing for seating products. The types of tests to be employed to test to BIFMA X5.4 are, Static load loading, Dynamic loading, Durability testing. Usually, within a chair family, manufacturers will offer a single seating unit and also multiple seating units. Not all sizes need to be tested for all tests. Typically some of the tests will be done on the single seating unit e.g. Stability test and the other tests will be done on the multiple seating position unit deemed to be the structural worst case scenario. The product worst case scenario will be established by considering factors such as construction, longest unsupported span, etc.  Our experts will be happy to review your product offering and let you know which products ought to be tested and this service is free of charge. BIFMA X5.4 has 28 tests and covers lounge seating products offering different features. Not all tests need to be done on all chairs. There are four chair categories referred to in the standard as chair styles. These styles are as follows and apply to both single and multiple seating configurations, Style A: With arm(s) and with backrest, Style B: With arm(s) and without backrest, Style C: Without arms and with backrest, Style D: Without arms and without backrest. We are currently capable of testing to the following ANSIBIFMA test methods, BIFMA X5.4 2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Horizontal, Section 5, Backrest Strength Test, Horizontal, Static, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Vertical, Section 6, Backrest Strength, Vertical Static, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Horizontal, Section 7, Backrest Durability, Horizontal Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Vertical, Section 8, Backrest Durability Test, Vertical, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Horizontal, Section 9, Arm Strength Test, Horizontal, Static, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Section 10, Arm Strength Test, Vertical, Static, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Multiple Seating Units, Horizontal, Section 11, Arm Durability Test for Multiple Seating Units Horizontal Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Multiple Seating Units, Vertical, Section 12, Arm Durability Test for Multiple Seating Units, Vertical, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Single Unit, Section 13, Arm Durability Test for Single Seat Units Angular Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Durability, Section 14, Seat Durability Test, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Drop Test, Section 15, Drop Test Dynamic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Leg Strength, Section 16, Leg Strength Test, Front & Side Application, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Unit Drop Test, Section 17, Unit Drop Test, Dynamic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Caster, Section 18, Caster Unit Base Durability, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Swivel, Cyclic, Section 19, Swivel Test, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Tilt Mechanism, Section 20, Tilt Mechanism, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Section 21, Stability Tests, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Section 22, Tablet Arm Load Ease, Cyclic, BIFMA X5.4,2020 Public and Lounge Seating, Section 23, Tablet Arm Load, Static. 

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