1、BRITISH STANDARD Office furniture - Screens - Part 2: Mechnical safety requirements The European Standard EN 1023-2:2oOo has the status of a British Standard ICs 97.140 BS EN 1023-2:2000 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW STDnBSI BS EN LO23-F!-ENGL 2000 = Lb24bb9
2、88b532 8LT m been prepared under the direction of the Cansumer AmdNo. products and Services Sector Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 16 August 2000 BSI 082oOo ISBN O 680 54822 9 BS EN 1023-2:2000 Date Comments National foreword This Brit
3、ish Standard is the officiai English ianguage version of EN 102322000. The LJK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FW, Office furniture, which has the responsibility to: - aid enquirers to understand the text; - present to the responsible European committee any enqu
4、iries on the - monitor related intedonal and European developments and promulgate interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; them in the UK. A iist of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secxeta. Cross-references The British
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7、 inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document WaSlaStiSSUed. STD=BSI BS EN 1023-2-ENGL 2000 W Lb24hb7 0b5321 75b 9 EN 1023-2 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPASCHE NO
8、RM May 2000 ICs 97.140 English version Office furniture - Screens - Part 2: Mechanical safety requirements Mobilier de bureau - Cloisons - Partie 2: Exigences mcaniques de scurit Brombel - Raumgliederungselemente - Teil 2: Mechanische Sicherheitsanforderungen This European Standard was approved by C
9、EN on 8 April 2000. CEN members are bound to comply with the CENICENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this Europsan Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning sich national standards
10、may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by traislation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the C
11、entral Secretariat has the same status as tie official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kin
12、gdom. EUROPEAN COMMITEE FOR STANDARDIZATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart, 36 6-1050 Brussels O 2000 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 1023-2:2000 E
13、 Page 2 EN 1023-212000 Contents Page Foreword 2 Introduction 3 1 Scope . 3 2 Normative references . 3 3 General safety requirements . 3 4 Structural safety requirements 4 Foreword This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CENTTC 207, Furniture, the Secretariat of which is held
14、by IBN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2000, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2000. According to the CENKENELEC Internal Re
15、gulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and th
16、e United Kingdom. O BSI O-2000 - STD-BSI BS EN lDZ3-2-ENGL 2000 lb2gbb9 08b5323 529 Page 3 EN 1023-212000 Introduction At the very beginning of this work, this text was intended to specify overall requirements of all safety aspects of ofice screens. However, standards for some aspects which will ult
17、imately be referred to in this standard are not yet available. This edition of this standard has been issued to specify requirements where the related standards exist, and is therefore limited to mechanical safety requirements. 1 Scope This part of EN 1023 specifies the mechanical safety requirement
18、s of office screens which are divided into general safety requirements and structural safety requirements. 2 Normative references This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These normative references are cited at the appropriate places in t
19、he text and the publications are listed hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the publication referred to
20、applies (including amendments). EN 1023-3:2000, Ofice furniture - Screens - Part 3: Test methods 3 General safety requirements The screen shall be so designed as to minimize a possible risk of injury to the user. All parts of the screen with which the user comes into contact, during intended use, sh
21、all be so designed that physical injury and damage to property are avoided. These requirements are met when: - accessible corners are rounded with minimum 2 mm radius: - the edges of the screen with which the user comes into contact are rounded with minimum 2 mm radius: - all other edges are free fr
22、om burrs and smoothed: - the ends of hollow components are closed or capped; - moveable and adjustable parts are so designed that injuries and inadvertent operation are avoided. The manufacturer shall indicate in the instruction manual how to use the screen in combination with add- on elements, as w
23、ell as the admissible load for each type of screen. O BSI 08-2000 STD-BSI BS EN L023-2-ENGL 2000 W Lb2llbb9 08b532I llb5 Page 4 EN 1023-2:2000 4 Structural safety requirements 4.1 Test sequence The screen shall pass the tests described in EN 1023-3:2000 with the following test sequence: - Non load b
24、earing office screens: 6.1 - Load bearing office screens: 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 4.2 Requirements At the end of the tests, the screen shall remain safe and fulfil its functions. These requirements are fulfilled when: - the stability tests specified in 6.1 or 6.2 of EN 1023-3:2000 are carried out, the screen
25、shall not overturn; - the dislodgement test specified in 6.3 of EN 1023-3:2000 is carried out, no component shall become dislodged and there shall be no structural failure; - the strength test specified in 6.4 of EN 1023-3:2000 is carried out, the stability of the screen assembly, with and without t
26、he add-on elements, shall not be adversely affected nor shall there be any fracture of any member, joint or component or any deformation or loosening which will affect the safety or function of the screen combination. 8 BSI 08-2000 BS EN 1023-2:2000 BSI 389ChiswickHighRoad London w4 4AL BSI - Britis
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