TABLE OF CONTENTS
  

Joint Industry Foam Standards and Guidelines

Published: 7/94

SECTION   TITLE
0.0   INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAMS FOR FURNITURE APPLICATIONS
1.0   DENSITY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
2.0   TENSILE STRENGTH, TEAR STRENGTH, AND ELONGATION STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
3.0   IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING OF FABRICATED COMPONENTS STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
4.0   INDENTATION FORCE DEFLECTION (IFD) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
5.0   ONE INCH DEFLECTION IFD STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
6.0   TAPERED CUSHION IFD STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
7.0   TESTING OF CUSHIONS CONSTRUCTED WITH CONVOLUTED FOAM STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
8.0   SHREDDED FOAM STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
9.0   FLEX FATIGUE OR IN-USE SOFTENING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
10.0   STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES OF POLYURETHANE FOAM
11.0   VERTICAL ADHESIVE SEAMS STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
12.0   SEATING FOAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
13.0   ARM AND BACK FOAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
14.0   FLAMMABILITY
15.0   GLOSSARY OF FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM TERMINOLOGY
    APPENDICES
A1.0   TASK GROUP ON ACCEPTABLE IFD RANGES
A2.0   EFFECT OF COVER FABRICS ON CUSHION FIRMNESS
A3.0   TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY EFFECTS ON IFD
A4.0   INTERLABORATORY STUDY

 

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