Laboratory service

Furniture and interiors tests

Ensayos de mobiliario e interiores

We offer a comprehensive furniture and components testing service.

We assess physical characteristics and carry out tests related to safety, structural properties, durability and fire performance.

Our experts test all types of furniture, carrying out full quality control, ranging from materials to the safety of components.

Products assessed:

  • Kitchen and domestic furniture: UNE 56875, UNE 11016, UNE 11017, EN 14749, EN 12520, EN 12521
  • Furniture for collective use: EN 16139, EN 15372, EN 16121, EN 16122
  • Office furniture: EN 527-1, EN 527-2, EN 1335-1, EN 1335-2, EN 14073-2, EN 14073-3, EN 14074, EN 1023-1, EN 1023-2, EN 1023-3
  • Chairs and tables for educational institutions: EN 1729-2
  • Outdoor furniture: EN 581-1, EN 581-2, EN 581-3
  • Workbenches for laboratories: EN 13150
  • Internal partitioning systems: internal partitions, raised floors, suspended ceilings, etc.
  • Shower enclosures: EN 14428
  • Bunks, beds, tables, seats, handles, etc. for railway vehicles in accordance with customers’ specific protocols

Properties Assessed:

  • Mechanical Tests: resistance and durability
  • Physical-chemical Tests on raw materials
  • Physical and Mechanical Tests: tensile strength, elasticity, impact, abrasion, bending, colour, brightness, etc.
  • Natural and artificial ageing: QUV, ATLAS Ci3000, climatic chambers, salt spray, thermal shock, moisture, etc.
  • Fire Performance Tests: reaction, resistance to fire and smoke toxicity
  • Acoustic Tests: Airborne sound insulation, sound absorption.

Aimed at:

  • Manufacturers, distributors and importers of furniture (office, community, children’s, bathroom, kitchen, etc.) and its components.
  • Prescribers
  • Certification Bodies

Accreditations and Recognition

-	Acreditación ENAC ILAC para el sector materiales según ISO 17025 con nº expediente 4/LE063,
ENAC Accreditation No. 4/LE024 for the Construction Industry
-	Acreditación ENAC ILAC para el sector materiales según ISO 17025 con nº expediente 4/LE063,
ENAC Accreditation No. 4/LE063 for the Materials Sector
-	Acreditación ENAC ILAC para el sector materiales según ISO 17025 con nº expediente 4/LE063,
ENAC Accreditation No. 4/LE456 for acoustic testing
Acreditación ENAC ILAC para el sector materiales según ISO 17025 con nº expediente 4/LE148
ENAC Accreditation No. 4/LE148 for electrical testing
Organismo de Evaluación Técnica (OET) para la emisión de documentos de Evaluación Técnica Europea (ETE) para los Productos de Construcción
Technical Assessment Body (TAB) for issuing European Technical Assessments (ETAs) for Construction Products.
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Furniture testing brochure (Spanish)

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Materials testing brochure (Spanish)

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