"Children's furniture general technical conditions" began drafting in 2008, after much delay the release time, on October 31, 2011 approved by the National Standardization Management Committee, will be officially implemented on August 1, 2012, which is applicable to Furniture products for children aged 3-14. It is a national mandatory standard. Once implemented, the quality of children's furniture produced or sold within the territory of the People's Republic of China will have to be implemented and meet the requirements of this standard.
The strict regulations of children's furniture standards will directly affect the whole process of furniture manufacturing, including the selection of raw materials such as paint, textile fabrics, leather, plastics and plates. The physical and chemical properties of raw materials and environmental protection indicators directly affect the quality of children's furniture products. The choice determines whether it meets the requirements of the standard.
What are the real meanings of introducing this new standard? Is the introduction of the new standard a time for the children's furniture industry to face shuffling? Does the current material quality meet the new standards? Are material companies facing a technological innovation? Is the introduction of new standards an opportunity or a challenge?
The substantive meaning of the general technical conditions of children's furniture
Yang Jianhua, quality engineer of the Furniture Inspection Department of Guangdong Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, said that in 2011, the children's toys were spot-checked, and the quality was not satisfactory. The original children's furniture has always been based on the standards of adults. The rate is still unsatisfactory, and if it is checked according to general technical conditions, the pass rate is definitely lower. In fact, most of the children's furniture products circulating in the market are unqualified. At least in the design of this piece, most of the unqualified ones, the corners, the hole is almost unqualified, so the implementation Mandatory production standards for children's furniture are very necessary and urgent.
Hailing Chao, director of the National Furniture Product Supervision and Inspection Center, specifically listed IKEA's repeated recalls in the field of children's furniture in recent years to explain the need for children's furniture standards to be legally high. At the same time, it is mentioned that many domestic famous brands also fail. . From 2009 to 2011, the quality inspection department consciously monitored the progress of children's furniture products, indicating that government supervision and investigation are all helpful to improve the quality of the entire industry.
Several important indicators of the new standard
In the past, the use of the same quality standards for children's furniture and adult furniture, resulting in the special requirements of children's furniture safety and environmental performance is out of line with the actual situation, the implementation of the new standard can be said to fill the gap in children's furniture standards. Let's take a look at the key aspects of children's furniture new standards that require the attention of the industry.
First, the new standard requires unusual furniture standards for the identification, safety and environmental protection of children's furniture. For example, there are more stringent restrictions on heavy metals, free formaldehyde, and decomposable hazardous materials. The textile fabric contains free formaldehyde ≤30 mg/kg. The decomposable aromatic amine is forbidden. The technical standard of adult furniture does not mention the requirement of decomposable aromatic amine. The requirement for free formaldehyde is also relatively loose, ≤ 75 mg/kg. There is no description on the formaldehyde requirements of the board, which means that the formaldehyde standard of children's furniture sheets is consistent with that of adults. The hope that the most demanding children's furniture sheet formaldehyde requirements will be improved will be lost.
Second, the cabinet-type closed furniture must have a breathable function. For example, in 5.1.6, the regulations in closed furniture require that when the product has a non-breathable confined space (such as the space formed by the door or cover and other parts), and the closed continuous space is greater than 0.03 m?, the internal dimensions are greater than or equal to 150mm, one of the following requirements should be met:
There shall be two unobstructed ventilation openings with a single opening area of ​​650 mm and at least 150 mm apart, or an equally sized ventilation opening that extends the two 650 mm? openings and the spacing between them; The vents should remain unobstructed when placed anywhere on the floor and against two vertical faces that intersect at a 90° angle in the corner of the room. The vents can be fitted with a mesh or similar component that is breathable.
Covers, doors and similar devices shall not be equipped with automatic locking devices. When tested in accordance with 7.5.6 (Closed Parts Test), the opening force shall not exceed 45N.
Third, the key requirements for the structural installation of children's furniture and safety warning signs are made. The sharp corners, protrusions, holes, gap size and stability of children's furniture are respectively regulated, stipulating that "the product should not have dangerous sharp edges and Tip, angular." For example, regarding the volume in the edge and the tip, the contactable dangerous outer corner of the product at a height of 1600 mm or less from the ground should be rounded, and the radius of the rounding is not less than 10 mm, or the length of the inverted arc is not less than 15 mm. In the 5.1.3 hole and gap regulations, the holes and gaps of the product rigid material with a depth of more than 10 mm shall be less than 6 mm or greater than or equal to 12 mm.
What is the gap with the international community?
There are six main criteria for reference to the general technical conditions standards for children's furniture. The first is the 3324 standard, the general technical conditions for wood furniture. The existing spot checks are almost always carried out with reference to this standard. The second is the 3325 standard, the general technical conditions of furniture based on the base substrate. There are also four reference standards that are followed by the UK's technical specifications for the safety of children's furniture.
According to Yang Jianhua, quality engineer of the Furniture Inspection Department of the Guangdong Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, apart from the relatively systematic description of the children's furniture in the UK, there are few other countries. Therefore, the general technical conditions for children's furniture in China are written. In the international arena, when the WTO is notified, this standard is written to the world's advanced level. After the standard is erected, it depends on the industry to work together to achieve products. The quality and safety of the level are improved.
Looking forward to higher industry standards
Liu Tianfei, general manager of Jintiantuo believes that when there is no big standard, enterprises must have their own corporate standards, corporate standards, industry standards, national standards, and international standards. At the stage when the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" will be implemented, many enterprises have a large inventory of non-standard products, which can not be digested, and some small and medium-sized enterprises may face the danger of being shuffled. Jintiantuo's export growth is very fast this year, but the EU standard has changed. The US export FSC certification also needs to apply. If these high international requirements are not fulfilled, the next quarter's exports will also face a severe test. Therefore, Liu Chengfei emphasized that the standards of enterprises must be stricter than the national standards. If he asks 80 points, he should ask for 100 points. If the standard requires 100 points, we must ask for 110 points.
In addition to the company's belief that it should meet the high standards and high requirements in the implementation of the new standards, industry association leaders, experts in the quality inspection department have expressed more expectations for the improvement of standard conditions.
Hai Lingchao, director of the National Furniture Product Supervision and Inspection Center, believes that the implementation of standards should continue to summarize and feedback information, continuously enrich and improve the standard technical content, and timely revision of standards, especially the continuous innovation and development of new technologies. The shortcomings continue to summarize and feedback, so that the standards continue to meet the needs of industry development and market.
Qian Jiang, Dean of Shunde Furniture Research and Development Institute, proposed whether it is possible to consider the specific standards for furniture such as solid wood furniture, metal furniture, soft furniture, panel furniture, etc., based on these general standards. Standard rules for furniture for solid wood, typography, metal, software, etc.
Just as the reporters from the media and some corporate people have raised more questions about the most important concerns of formaldehyde, quality standards, safety requirements, etc. in the children's furniture standards, there is no change in the amount of formaldehyde released from the plate and the same level of adult standards. As well as the suspicion and slight disappointment of the appearance requirements, etc., it is indeed too much expectation for this new standard that has not yet been formally implemented. It is believed that the safety of furniture that is receiving more and more attention will lead to continuous improvement and improvement of industry standards. According to relevant experts, the standard for formaldehyde emission in furniture has been approved by the validation meeting. The formaldehyde released in the simulated environment will be monitored and the environmental health standards for furniture monitored in accordance with the overall release standards are expected to be implemented.
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