BS EN 581-3:2007 Outdoor furniture. Seating and tables for camping, domestic and contract use. Mechanical safety requirements and test methods for tables
BS EN 581-3 specifies the mechanical safety requirements and test methods for outdoor tables used by adults for camping, domestic and contract use without regard to materials, design/construction or manufacturing processes.
BS EN 581-3 does not apply to outdoor furniture for severe contract use where higher requirements may be necessary, nor does it apply to street furniture and furniture permanently fixed to the ground/wall.
BS EN 581-3 also specifies guidelines for purchase information. Information regarding ageing and degradation caused by light, temperature and moisture has not been included.
Contents of BS EN 581-3:
- Foreword
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- General test conditions
- Test equipment
- General
- Floor
- Steel test tube
- Test methods and requirements
- General
- Stability
- Stability test under vertical load
- Tables where the structure is intended to support a parasol.
- Vertical static load test
- Vertical static load on the table top
- Vertical static load test on end extensions
- Horizontal fatigue test
- Test sequence and test parameters
- Instruction for use
- Test report
- Purchase information (Guidelines)
- Significant technical changes in revised edition of this standard
