Laboratory service

Furniture and interiors tests

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We offer a comprehensive furniture and components testing service.

We evaluate the physical characteristics of materials and perform mechanical tests on finished products to assess safety, stability, strength and durability as well as acoustic properties.

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

Products assessed:

  • Domestic furniture: 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 1335-2, 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.
  • Acoustic Tests: Airborne sound insulation, sound absorption.

Aimed at:

  • Manufacturers, distributors and importers of furniture 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
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Furniture testing brochure (Spanish)

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Materials testing brochure (Spanish)

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