ANSI/bifma X5.41-2021 Testing Services

CIL provides accredited BIFMA testing services in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. CIL is the only accredited testing laboratory in India to conduct BIFMA test. CIL is an ISO 17025 accredited testing laboratory.

BIFMA X5.4

Lounge & Public Seating 

CDG offers BIFMA X5.4 testing as part of its Office Furniture Testing services.  ANSI/ BIFMA X5.4 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. 

ANSI/BIFMA - Business and Institutional Furniture Makers Affiliation is an association that creates norms for institutional/office furniture. BIFMA was established in 1973. BIFMA's norms are perceived overall and these guidelines have been acknowledged and executed by most furniture monsters. Presently BIFMA confirmation is acknowledged as a boundary of furniture quality and security around the world. It has created a level to convey an open method for assessing the natural and social effects of furniture items in the assembled climate. ANSI/BIFMA 5.4 testing as a part of its Office Furniture Testing organizations. The continuous adaptation was disseminated in 2020. This standard is for loosened up seating things having single or various seating positions, paying little heed to stage bases. BIFMA X5.4 is for seats planned for individuals with a corporal mass of up to 275 lbs. which tends to be the 95th percentile male. The tests were made with a normal thing life of 10 years considering consistent single-shift use. The kinds of tests to be utilized to test BIFMA 5.4 are Static burden stacking Dynamic stacking Solidness testing Normally, inside a seating family, makers will offer a solitary seating unit and furthermore numerous seating units. Not all sizes should be tried for all tests. 

BIFMA's level is the multi-attribute sustainability standard and third-party certification program for the commercial furniture industry. BIFMA developed level to deliver an open and holistic means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment 

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