1、April 2010 Translation by DIN-Sprachendienst.English price group 15No part of this translation may be reproduced without prior permission ofDIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V., Berlin. Beuth Verlag GmbH, 10772 Berlin, Germany,has the exclusive right of sale for German Standards (DIN-Normen).ICS
2、03.180; 13.180; 97.140!$b)6“1630619www.din.deDDIN EN 14434Writing boards for educational institutions Ergonomic, technical and safety requirements and their test methodsEnglish translation of DIN EN 14434:2010-04Wandtafeln fr Bildungseinrichtungen Ergonomische, technische und sicherheitstechnische A
3、nforderungen und PrfverfahrenEnglische bersetzung von DIN EN 14434:2010-04Tableaux pour tablissements denseignement Exigences ergonomiques, techniques et de scurit et mthodes dessai correspondantesTraduction anglaise de DIN EN 14434:2010-04SupersedesDIN EN 14434:2005-03 andwww.beuth.deIn case of dou
4、bt, the German-language original shall be considered authoritative.Document comprises 33 pagesCorrigendum 1:2008-12DIN EN 14434 04.10 DIN EN 14434:2010-04 2 A comma is used as the decimal marker. Start of validity This standard takes effect on 1 April 2010. National foreword This standard includes i
5、n clause 6 safety requirements within the meaning of the Gerte- und Produkt-sicherheitsgesetz (GPSG) (German Equipment and Product Safety Act). This standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture” (Secretariat: UNI, Italy). The responsible German body involved in its prepara
6、tion was the Normenausschuss Holzwirtschaft und Mbel (Timber and Furniture Standards Committee), Working Committee NA 042-05-05 AA Spiegelaus-schuss zu CEN/TC 207/WG 5, Schul- und Objektmbel. Writing boards for educational institutions as specified in this standard fall within the scope of the Gerte
7、- und Produktsicherheitsgesetz (GPSG). Once compliance with the requirements of the GPSG has been verified by an accredited test house, writing boards for educational institutions may be marked with the symbol GS (= geprfte Sicherheit, safety tested). Amendments This standard differs from DIN EN 144
8、34:2005-03 und DIN EN 14434 Corrigendum 1:2008-12 as follows: a) DIN EN 14434 Corrigendum 1:2008-12 has been incorporated in this standard. b) The impact test for whiteboards has been deleted (7.4). c) The impact test for chalkboards has been deleted (8.5). d) Annex C (informative) “Significant tech
9、nical changes in revised edition of this standard” has been added. Previous editions DIN EN 14434: 2005-03 DIN EN 14434 Corrigendum 1: 2008-12 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 14434 January 2010 ICS 03.180; 13.180; 97.140 Supersedes EN 14434:2004English Version Writing boards for
10、 educational institutions - Ergonomic, technical and safety requirements and their test methods Tableaux pour tablissements denseignement - Exigences ergonomiques, techniques et de scurit et mthodes dessai correspondantes Wandtafeln fr Bildungseinrichtungen - Ergonomische, technische und sicherheits
11、technische Anforderungen und Prfverfahren This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 December 2009. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteratio
12、n. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translat
13、ion under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
14、Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NOR
15、MUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2010 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 14434:2010: EEN 14434:2010 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 41 Scope 52 Normative references 53 Terms and definitions .54 Ge
16、neral test conditions .84.1 Preliminary preparation 84.2 Tolerances 84.3 Test installation 85 Test equipment 96 General safety requirements 96.1 All boards .96.2 Stability of mobile boards .97 Surface tests and requirements for whiteboards 107.1 General . 107.2 Ability to write and erase . 107.2.1 T
17、esting . 107.2.2 Method of marking the surface . 107.2.3 Requirements 117.3 Scratch test and requirements 117.3.1 Testing . 117.3.2 Requirements 117.4 Staining tests and requirements . 127.4.1 Testing . 127.4.2 Requirements for each staining liquid . 127.5 Colour degradation test and requirements 12
18、7.5.1 Testing . 127.5.2 Requirements 128 Surface tests and requirements for chalkboards 128.1 General . 128.2 Ability to write on an unused chalkboard sample . 138.2.1 Testing . 138.2.2 Method of marking the surface . 138.2.3 Requirement 138.3 Ability to write on an abraded chalkboard sample 138.3.1
19、 Testing . 138.3.2 Method of marking the surface . 148.3.3 Requirements 148.4 Scratch test and requirements 158.4.1 Testing . 158.4.2 Requirements 158.5 Staining tests and requirements . 158.5.1 Testing . 158.5.2 Requirements for each staining liquid . 158.6 Colour degradation test and requirements
20、158.6.1 Testing . 158.6.2 Requirements 169 Structural tests and requirements 16DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 3 9.1 Vertical static load tests and requirements 169.1.1 Vertical downwards static load for rail based systems and horizontally sliding boards 169.1.2 Vertical downwards static load
21、 for winged boards and pivoting boards 169.1.3 Vertical downwards static load for all prominent parts 169.1.4 Vertical upwards static load . 179.2 Durability of moving elements . 179.2.1 Rail based systems . 179.2.2 Boards with rotating parts 179.2.3 Sliding boards with transmission elements . 179.2
22、.4 Power operated sliding boards 189.3 Test of rigidity 189.4 Test of stops 199.5 Surface deflection . 1910 Ergonomic requirements 2010.1 Position of controls and handles . 2010.2 Operating forces 2010.3 Requirements for moving forces . 2011 Test report 2112 Installation instructions 2113 Product in
23、formation 21Annex A (normative) Assessment scale for the ability to write - Five levels chalk scale . 23Annex B (informative) Terminology 24Annex C (informative) Significant technical changes in revised edition of this standard 31DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 14
24、434:2010) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 207 “Furniture”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI. 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 July 2010, and conflicting natio
25、nal standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2010. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes
26、EN 14434:2004. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, I
27、celand, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies ergonomic, technical and safety requi
28、rements for wall mounted and free-standing writing boards for use in rooms for educational and training purposes, e.g. classrooms, lecture theatres for schools, universities, etc. It is intended to prevent serious injury through normal functional use, as well as misuse that might reasonably be expec
29、ted to occur. This document applies to units after installation. Safety depending on the structure of the building is not included, e.g. the strength of wall mounted boards includes only the board and its parts. The wall and the wall attachment are not included. Requirements concerning electrical sa
30、fety are not included. Annex A (normative) includes an assessment scale for the ability to write and erase. Annex B (informative) includes terminology for display writing boards. Annex C (informative) includes significant technical differences between this document and EN 14434:2004. 2 Normative ref
31、erences The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 438-2:2005, High-pressure decorative l
32、aminates (HPL) Sheets based on thermosetting resins (usually called Laminates) Part 2: Determination of properties EN 1023-3, Office furniture Screens Part 3: Test methods 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 board attachment eleme
33、nt by which the board is attached to the rail NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.20. 3.2 chalkboard writing board with a writing surface to be used for chalk 3.3 fixed board board or assembly of boards fixed by various means NOTE See Annex B, Figures B.1, B.2, B.3 and B.4. 3.4 fixing element joint by which
34、the rail is mounted to the wall DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 6 3.5 flip chart one-sided board placed or fixed on an easel or a rail with the facility to attach a paper pad NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.16. 3.6 horizontally sliding board board with or without wing with only horizontal board mo
35、vements in the same plane, manually or power operated 3.7 map holder permanent system at the upper part of the board allowing maps, charts or other documents to be temporarily hung in place NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.18. 3.8 mobile board board or assembly of boards, which may be moved on the floor f
36、rom one place to another NOTE See Annex B, Figures B.5, B.6 and B.7. 3.9 overall frame outer frame or structure allowing movement of a sliding board 3.10 pivoting board two-sided board articulated on its horizontal or vertical axis and standing on braced feet, with or without castors NOTE See Annex
37、B, Figures B.5 and B.6. 3.11 rail based board/system board hanging and/or sliding on horizontally wall mounted rails NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.20. 3.12 roller board revolving surface board assembly with top and bottom horizontal rollers allowing a continuous loop of flexible writing surface to be r
38、evolved between rollers NOTE These boards may be wall mounted or mobile (see Annex B, Figure B.17). 3.13 sash board assembly of one or two-sided boards sliding vertically, independent of each other and individually counter-balanced NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.10. 3.14 sliding board board with horizon
39、tal and/or vertical movements in the same plane, manually or power operated DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 7 NOTE It does not include a railed-based system (see Annex B, Figures B.9, B.10, B.11, B.12 and B.13). 3.15 tilting board manually or power-operated inclinable one-sided board articula
40、ted on its lower horizontal edge, e.g. screens for overhead projectors NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.11. 3.16 to and fro system assembly of one- or two-sided boards sliding vertically, counter-balancing each other in all positions NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.9. 3.17 transmission element any means to tra
41、nsmit a movement such as to and fro, or sash 3.18 tray ledge placed at the lower part of the board upon which writing implements may be placed NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.18. 3.19 vertically and horizontally sliding board board with or without wing with vertical and horizontal movements in the same p
42、lane, manually or power operated 3.20 vertically sliding board board with or without wing, with only vertical movements in the same plane, manually or power operated NOTE See Annex B, Figures B.9, B.10, B.11, B.12 and B.13. 3.21 whiteboard writing board with a writing surface of a light colour to be
43、 used for dry marker pen 3.22 wall mounted board one-sided board fixed to the wall NOTE See Annex B, Figure B.1. 3.23 wing two-sided board mounted on a vertically hinged system 3.24 winged board assembly comprising a one-sided board and one or more wings NOTE Double-board, triple-board and book-leaf
44、 are examples of winged boards (see Annex B, Figures B.2, B.3 and B.4). DIN EN 14434:2010-04 EN 14434:2010 (E) 8 3.25 writing board board with one or more writing surfaces for the display of information 3.26 writing surface surface for the display of information by means of writing and/or by other m
45、ethods NOTE The surface is erasable and re-usable. 4 General test conditions 4.1 Preliminary preparation Before any of the tests are commenced, the item shall be old enough to ensure that it has developed its full strength. In the case of surfaces and glued joints in timber and the like, at least fo
46、ur weeks in normal indoor conditions shall have elapsed between manufacturing and testing. All boards shall be tested as delivered. If of knock-down type, it shall be assembled according to the instructions supplied with the board. If the board can be assembled or combined in different ways, the mos
47、t adverse combination shall be used for each test. The same is valid for units that can be combined with other units or components. The tests shall be carried out in indoor conditions, but if during a test the temperature is outside the range of 15 C to 25 C, the maximum and/or minimum temperature s
48、hall be recorded in the test report. Tighten any assembly fittings before testing. Further retightening shall not take place unless it is specifically required by the manufacturer. 4.2 Tolerances Unless otherwise stated the following tolerances apply: Masses: 0,5 % of the nominal mass; Dimensions: 1
49、,0 mm of the nominal dimension; Angles: 2 of the nominal angle; Forces: 5 % of the nominal force. 4.3 Test installation For the structural tests in Clause 9, the board shall be installed according to the manufacturers instructions. Wall mounted boards shall be mounted to a structure sufficiently strong and stiff to eliminate the possibility of it affecting the results of the tests. The mount
