Contact person
Bengt-Åke Andersson
Högskoleingenjör
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Properties of furniture
RISE furniture expertise has both breadth and depth. We handle issues such as strength, safety, fire, electronics, chemistry, etc. The products can be, for example, chairs, beds, child gates, kitchen fittings, etc.
To help us we have experimental resources and calculation tools such as FEM programs for analysis and evaluation of different types of furniture and related products. Our expertise and our experimental resources are in the areas; safety / strength, fire, chemistry, material properties, electricity and acoustics.
Examples of properties we handle:
- security
- functionality
- stability
- life span
- strength
- surface durability
- LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
- fire
- resistance to moisture
- acoustics
Products covered:
- seating furniture (chairs, sofas, stools, highchairs, etc.)
- tables (desks, coffee tables, etc.)
- beds (cots, double beds, continental beds, bunk beds, etc.)
- storage furniture (shelves, cabinets, hat racks, etc.)
- kitchen and bathroom fittings
- outdoor furniture
- office furniture (height-adjustable desks, shelves, chairs, etc.)
- upholstered furniture (sofas, benches, chairs, etc.)
- travel cots
- child frames / child gates
- changing tables
- screens
- aids for people with reduced mobility
Our expertise is frequently used by the industry / the market for labeling according to TMF's Möbelfakta, often as a basis for various types of public procurement.