Our SK10 Indestructible heavy duty chair has successfully met the BS EN 15373:2007 standard for non domestic seating to test level 3. This is the highest level possible; covering severe contract applications; amongst others, oil rigs, nightclubs, police stations, transport terminals, hospital public areas, sports changing rooms, barracks and prisons. As part of this standard, the chair has to withstand a static load of 2000 Newtons on the seat and 700 Newtons on the back. This roughly equates to a 32 stone person.
We commissioned SATRA to extend the static testing on the chair and it subsequently withstood loads equating to that applied by a 50 stone person. At this point the test had to end because the hydraulic cylinders had reached their maximum capacity.