subject: Upholstered Seating Furniture And Regulations The United States There Are New Requirements [print this page] Recently, the U.SRecently, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission proposed an upholstered seat furniture flammability of the new regulations, the regulations based on "Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA)", set up on the upholstered furniture, performance, testing and certification , stickers and other requirements.
Chinese furniture exports to the U.S. in recent years have shown good momentum of development, including seats, Sofa , Sofa bed, home and office furniture, mobile upholstered furniture, and furniture cushions and similar tying dozens of spare parts and other products are within the scope of products to the regulations, these products are also exported edge products in Ningbo, in recent years rapid development, more than 600 enterprises in export volume more than 600 million U.S. dollars, sold to the United States accounted for half of a percent.
The United States against domestic supplies continue to a new flame retardant, 2007, issued a stringent fire safety standards for mattresses, domestic enterprises have formed formidable high threshold, combined with present, China's upholstered furniture standard seat docking with the international standards, there are significant gaps, companies such as response measures were not taken urgently to meet the fire safety requirements, will face a decline in exports, and even the risk of losing the U.S. market.
The regulations on the production seat, backrest or armrest equipped with a cushioning material (foam, cotton and other materials), and cover fabric (textiles, leather and other materials), household furniture, upholstered seating companies have far-reaching impact, according to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that this standard will affect the U.S. more than 1,600 upholstered furniture manufacturers and importers, and 100-200 of furniture fabric textile manufacturers, the export enterprises in China must pay close attention.
Proposal defined a class of the products subject to testing and II surface fabric smoldering fire test burning gas barrier test, requiring fabrics and lit cigarette exposure of 45 minutes, the surface of the fabric and the separation between the filler material with 240mm of butane gas flame for 45 minutes shall continue to smolder and combustion phenomena occur, a qualified layer of fabric and isolation can be used for any fill material.
Addition to the above requirements, provisions were also made on the labeling requirements. Manufacturers to label the products to prove they meet one or two categories of testing requirements, and stated "I hereby certify that the manufacturer of upholstered furniture meet the 1634 U.S. Federal Regulations 16CFR Part with all applicable requirements." Addition , also clearly marked with the following information: name of manufacturer and importer address, date of manufacture, model identification.
Inspection and quarantine departments to remind companies to export standards to overcome the gap in the bottleneck constraints restrict exports, and increase fire protection technology, material selection in product testing to make fire, using cost-effective method of high flame-retardant, to ensure product quality and safety and the smooth exit.
The same time, relevant departments and industry associations should be concerned with technical regulations and standards requirements of foreign fire update changes to update our standards and fire-retardant properties as soon as possible with international standards and safety requirements of integration, in order to successfully export our products to remove the obstacle.
Upholstered Seating Furniture And Regulations The United States There Are New Requirements
