What is BIFMA
BIFMA is the acronym for The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association. BIFMA is a non-profit organization that serves as an information resource center and representative of the office furniture industry, providing professional and extensive trade development opportunities for the North American office furniture manufacturing industry.
What is BIFMA certification
BIFMA sets standards for the performance of office furniture stability, strength and fatigue, and has won wide recognition for its rigorous and well-established standards. Is the office chairs, filing cabinets, sofas, desks, screens and other office furniture to provide testing services, the world’s furniture to enter the United States, you must first get BIFMA and other institutions certified by the international standard permit to enter the U.S. market. Therefore, BIFMA in the international furniture industry plays an important role in foreign trade relations. Office furniture testing mainly according to the different countries of import and the implementation of the corresponding standards, such as JIS, GB, ISO, BIFMA, etc.. In general, the test content is no more than some stability, strength and fatigue of the examination, the test items are similar to each country, but the BIFMA standard with its perfect content, strict requirements gradually won wide recognition.
BIFMA American Office Furniture Association, a non-profit organization of 260 office furniture manufacturing, sales and consumer companies, representing the interests of furniture dealers who occupy 80% of the North American office furniture market. BIFMA standards are known for their comprehensive content and technical rigor, winning wide recognition around the world.BIFMA 5.1-5.7 are for office chairs, filing cabinets, sofas, BIFMA5.1 for the office chair test are chair back strength test, five claw strength test, sandbag free-fall impact test, rotation test swing mechanism fatigue test, chair seat fatigue impact test, stability test, armrest strength test, chair back fatigue test, casters. Five claw fatigue test, chair leg strength test, footrest fatigue test, etc., and its severity is much higher than other similar standards.
In the tube, BIFMA standard exhaustive and strict can be seen. In 5.2-5.7, BIFMA standards for filing cabinets, sofas, desks and tables also made strict provisions. Through the BIFMA test and then look at the ISO standard is a piece of cake, through the BIFMA standard although there is a certain degree of difficulty, but after the design staff and special efforts, is not unattainable. Experts pointed out that in the export market share of the United States, China only a dozen percentage points, while Canada accounted for 60%. China wants to take the huge potential market, do a good job BIFMA is undoubtedly a proven way.
U.S. Circular 54 on October 27, 2003, the U.S. government submitted to the World Trade Organization, “to develop new regulations on the flammability of upholstered furniture products and their fabrics,” the notice (U.S. Circular 54), the notice is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to start the flammability of upholstered furniture regulations to develop the preliminary notice. The scope of products covered by the notification includes: upholstered furniture used in homes, offices, other gathering places and public places, as well as the whole or part of the elastic material (such as foam, cotton cushion or related materials), the outside of the public equipment covered with fabric or related fabrics; fabric fibers or related materials used or intended for use in upholstered furniture products.
Certification Catalog
| Office Seating | ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 |
| Lounge and Public Seating | ANSI/BIFMA X5.4 |
| Occasional-Use Seating | BIFMA X6.4 |
| Desk Products | ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 |
| Panel Systems | ANSI/BIFMA X5.6 |
| Storage | ANSI/BIFMA X5.9 |
| Large Occupant Office Seating | ANSI/BIFMA X5.11 |
| Educational Seating | ANSI/BIFMA X6.1 |
| Small Office/Home Office | ANSI/SOHO S6.5 |
| Standard Test Method for Determining VOC Emissions | ANSI/BIFMA M7.1 |
| Standard for Formaldehyde and TVOC Emissions | ANSI/BIFMA X7.1 |
| Furniture Sustainability Standard | ANSI/BIFMA e3 |
| Healthcare Furniture Design – Guidelines for Cleanability | BIFMA HCF 8.1 |
| Ergonomics Guideline for Furniture | BIFMA G1 – 2013 |
| Color Measurement | BIFMA Color – 2005 |
| Office Furniture Workspace Products: UNCPC3814 | BIFMA PCR |
| Seating: UNCPC 3811 | BIFMA PCR |
| Storage: UNCPC 3812 | BIFMA PCR |
| Mechanical Test Standards-Compiled Definitions | BIFMA PD-1-2017 |
| Office Furniture – 2005 | BIFMA Sustainability Guidelines |
| 2005 Woven Textile Characteristics | BIFMA Tex4.1 |
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Certification Process.
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What is ANSI
The American National Standards Institute, commonly known as ANSI, is an organization dedicated to designing quality standards that further improve the quality of life for Americans and enhance competitiveness among American businesses. ANSI is also responsible for the first American Standard Safety Code, published in 1921, which details the importance of head protection and eye protection for industrial workers.
The association covers virtually all industries and represents the diverse interests of more than 270,000 companies and organizations and 30 million professionals worldwide. Dedicated to creating this potential for businesses in every industry and consumer worldwide.
The American National Standards Institute, formerly known as the American Engineering Standards Committee (AESC), was the first of its kind in the U.S. At the time, many companies and professional and technical groups in the U.S. had begun standardization efforts, but there were many conflicts and problems due to a lack of coordination among them. In order to further… In 1918, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), together with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (ASMME), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (ASMME), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Association of Electrical Engineers (AAE), all agreed on the need to establish a special standardization body and develop a unified common standard. The American Engineering Standards Council (AESC) was established in 1928 as the American Standards Association (ASA) and in 1966 as the American Standards Institute (USASI). In 1928, the name was changed to American Standards Association (ASA), and in 1966, the name was changed to America Standards Institute (USASI), and in 1969, the name was officially changed to the present American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
ANSI is authorized by the federal government as the coordinating center of the voluntary standards system, and its main functions are: coordinating the standardization activities of various domestic institutions and groups; reviewing and approving American national standards; representing the United States in international standardization activities; providing standards information consulting services; and cooperating with government agencies.
What is the ANSI BIFMA standard
Office furniture that has undergone a series of tests and passed the combined ANSI and BIFMA standards is what we call ansi bifma compliant
Bifma-compliant height adjustable desks are very common in the market today, like Herman Miller, iMovR, UpLiftDesk, and our Venace.
While the office furniture industry as a whole sells about $48 billion in goods in the U.S. each year, 60% of that is sold through IKEA, Amazon, and other platforms without any warranty regarding its durability. The remaining 40% of office furniture is typically certified to “ANSI / BIFMA X5” standards.
In subsequent articles, we will focus on how these BIFMA tests are conducted.
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