Children's furniture implementation of the new national standard is not ideal to choose children's furniture should pay attention

The new national standard for children's furniture

The mandatory national standard for children's furniture "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" has been implemented since August 2012. For the furniture used by children aged 3-14, there is a national standard different from adult furniture, and the domestic children's furniture market has started. No small commotion. Businesses have the opportunity to publicize, and also have the opportunity to make big fuss.

It has been four months since the implementation of the "new national standard" for children's furniture . How about the implementation in various regions ? Different children's furniture brand more well-known domestic monopoly shops in different regions, although sales staff have some understanding of the new national standard, but not comprehensive, consumers know very little about the new national standard when buying children's furniture, part of the old store is still irregular Product sale. According to the survey, many children's furniture brands have started to increase their prices in line with the new national standard. On the contrary, those international brands have not changed much in price. For example, the famous international brand Danish FLEXA, all its imported products have been changed abroad. Because of strict standards, the introduction of the new national standard has no impact on it.

Precautions for children's furniture selection

1. Prevent the collision damage of furniture to children

Children's furniture products must not have dangerous sharp edges and tips, and the outer corners below 1600mm above the ground can touch the outer corners. The corners and edges need to be rounded or chamfered. If there are dangerous protrusions, you need to add a protective cap or cover to protect them. .

Second, prevent children from entering the furniture to cause closed injuries

In order to avoid children hiding in cabinet furniture for too long and suffocating, the standard requires that the closed cabinets used by children should have a certain ventilation function. As long as the enclosed space is continuously greater than 0.03 cubic meters, furniture with internal dimensions greater than 150mm shall be provided with ventilation openings. In addition, the furniture doors or covers of such furniture should not be equipped with automatic locking devices.

3. Limits of harmful substances in furniture materials

The "General Technical Standards for Children's Furniture" limits the surface coatings of furniture to antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, and selenium, which is an increase of 4 types compared to the standard for adult furniture. Free formaldehyde in leather and textile fabrics must be less than 30mg / kg (higher than the standard of 75mg / kg for adult furniture), and the use of decomposable aromatic amines is prohibited (not required for adult furniture standards). In addition, the phthalate in plastics is limited to 0.1%.