Three reasons for the quality defects of furniture products

The "Government Procurement Information Daily" reporter found that the State Administration of Market Supervision recently issued the "National Key Industrial Products Quality Supervision Catalogue (2018 Edition)", in which metal furniture, wooden furniture, upholstered furniture and children's furniture are on the list of four categories of furniture products. famous. Coincidentally, the websites of quality and technical supervision bureaus in Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Hunan, Xi'an, Heilongjiang, Harbin, etc. have successively released a list of unqualified products for furniture sampling. Which parts of these furniture products are unqualified? How do you deal with unqualified products in various places?

Excessive formaldehyde emission

The reporter found out that in addition to Guangdong and Xi'an in Shaanxi, the primary problem of unqualified products for wooden furniture sampling in other places is that the amount of formaldehyde released exceeds the standard.

In the announcement of the consumption warning information (No. 3, 2018) issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, five batches of furniture products appeared. The announcement shows that the nominal producer is the push cabinet of Beijing Oriental Kowloon Furniture Factory (specification model 400×450×620mm), and the nominal producer is the entrance table of Beijing Xihongxi Furniture Co., Ltd. (Specification model K0588-12 Xiaoxuanuan The nominal producer is the 3 batches of bedside table (Specification Model B-008) of Beijing Shunxing Longda Furniture Co., Ltd. The formaldehyde emission project has unreasonable dangers that endanger personal safety and may lead to respiratory diseases or other health. Hidden dangers.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Hunan Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce issued a survey of commodity quality inspections in the circulation area. 30 groups of wooden furniture samples were sampled from 18 distribution units in two districts of Yongzhou and Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, of which 3 groups were sampled. The main problem is that the formaldehyde emission does not meet the standard requirements, including the nominal producer CYZ bedside table of Yizhimei Furniture Co., Ltd. (Specification Model 9801 Ivory) and the nominal producer is Red Bull Decker Furniture. Limited bedside cabinet (specification model 05#) and so on.

It is worth noting that the Jiangsu announcement is more detailed. In the list of unqualified products for the first phase of wooden furniture sampling in Jiangsu in 2017, a total of 43 batches of furniture products were unqualified, and 60% of unqualified furniture items involved the problem of formaldehyde emission. From the published measured values ​​and standard values, the national regulations for formaldehyde emission ≤ 1.5mg / L, but most of the unqualified furniture products far exceed this value. Among them, the amount of formaldehyde released by a desk (specification model 1200×600×760mm) tested by Guojing Office Furniture Business Department of Qingkou Town, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province was 10.1mg/L; the nominal producer was Suzhou Shuangji The coffee table of the horse furniture factory (specification model 580×580×470mm) has a formaldehyde emission of 9.8mg/L; a shoe cabinet (special model 900×330×900mm) furniture products inspected by Xiayuhua Furniture Store in Tongxing Town, Guanyun County The amount of formaldehyde released was 9.2 mg/L.

Woodworking requirements are not qualified

According to industry experts, the reason why the formaldehyde emission of furniture exceeds the standard is due to the poor quality of raw and auxiliary materials, and the fact that the production process is not as required. The reporter found out that the above-mentioned unqualified furniture products all appeared to be unqualified.

Nearly half of Jiangsu's 43 batches of unqualified wooden furniture products did not meet the requirements of carpentry, and most of them were unsealed and unpainted. The announcement shows that a tea cabinet (specification model C-009) was inspected by Yongjia office furniture store in Gaozuo Town, Suining County. The nominal producer was Guangzhou Zhisheng Furniture Co., Ltd., and the drawers were unsealed and backed. The board is also not sealed; a computer desk (specification model 1240×640×95mm) inspected in Senbo Furniture City of Baini Metal Electromechanical Industrial Park, Suining County, the nominal producer is Zhongshan Huadu Furniture Co., Ltd. The non-intersection surface of the artificial wood panel parts of the floor is not edged or finished; a desk and desk attached to the Guoyijing Furniture Business Department of Gulou District, Xuzhou City, the nominal producer is Zhongshan Guojing Furniture Co., Ltd. The bottom of the product drawer is unsealed and unfinished. All three of the above companies have participated in government procurement projects.

The official website of the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision recently released the results of the joint inspection of the quality of furniture products in Guangdong Province in 2017. The results showed that 39 batches of furniture products produced by 36 enterprises in Guangzhou were sampled. Four batches of unqualified products were found to be unqualified. The discovery rate was 10.3%, and 3 batches of unqualified items were “carpentry requirements”. Including the nominal producer is the activity cabinet of Guangzhou Bosheng Furniture Co., Ltd. (Specification model 410×490×630mm), the nominal producer is the bedside table of Guangzhou Oudi Furniture Co., Ltd. (Specification model 400mm×450mm×420mm), nominal The producer is the activity cabinet of Guangzhou Feiteng Furniture Co., Ltd. (specification model: 500mm × 450mm × 587mm).

It is worth noting that the 36 furniture manufacturers that were selected for the survey included 4 large enterprises, 13 medium-sized enterprises and 19 small enterprises. The proportion of large, medium and small enterprises accounting for the total number of companies examined was 11.1% and 36.1 respectively. %, 52.8%. The four unqualified product manufacturers found in the sampling inspection were small enterprises, and the unqualified discovery rate was 21.1%.

Mechanical properties are not up to standard

The mechanical properties of furniture refers to the mechanical characteristics exhibited by furniture materials under various external loads, such as compression, continuous loading, bending, torsion, durability, impact, etc. If the mechanical properties are not up to standard, it will affect the furniture. Service life and safety of use. In the local sampling inspection, it was also found that the mechanical properties of various furniture products were not up to standard.

There are 3 batches of 5 batches of unqualified furniture products in Beijing with mechanical defects. The nominal producer Beijing Dongfang Jiulong Furniture Factory's push cabinet (specification model 400×450×620mm), the mechanical properties (stability) does not meet the national standards to ensure personal and property safety requirements, the product is easy to tip over, The user is injured; the nominal producer Beijing Huangcun Shunfeng Furniture Factory's push cabinet (specification model 400×430×600mm), the mechanical properties (stability) project does not meet the national standards to ensure personal and property safety requirements; In addition, the mechanical properties (push-pull member strength test) project does not meet the relevant requirements of national standards, it is easy to deform after long-term use, affecting the performance, and the product is easy to tip over, which may cause injury to the user.

In addition to wooden furniture, there are also a number of unqualified products in upholstered furniture.

According to the results of the product quality supervision and inspection conducted in the fourth quarter of 2017 released by the official website of Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, a total of 20 batches of 20 batches of production enterprises were found, and 4 batches of sofa products were found to meet the standard requirements. Among them, the materials for the wooden parts of the three batches of samples and the processing requirements were unqualified, and one batch of samples was suspected of being doped, false, and shoddy. In addition, the foam used in the sample (commonly known as "sponge") was made by gluing the waste shredded foam.

According to relevant information, enterprises use this material as raw material to produce sofas. On the one hand, they are suspected of violating the provisions of Article 32 of the Product Quality Law. On the other hand, the uniformity of foam plastics is poor. The relevant inspection items cannot be tested according to the standards. Comprehensive judgment cannot be made.

The recall is increasing

It is reported that the recall of defective products is an internationally accepted practice and an important measure to strengthen product safety supervision. In recent years, the recall of defective products has received more and more attention and recognition from all walks of life, and the recall of furniture products has also increased.

Beijing Liangxiang Hongda Wooden Furniture Factory recently filed a recall plan with the Beijing Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau and decided to recall the “Hongda” brand bedside table (specification model 480×400×540mm, production batch December 2016) . This product not only has an unreasonable danger to the personal safety in the TVOC project, in addition, the mechanical properties (push-pull member strength test) project does not meet the relevant requirements of the national standard, and is a defective product.

On April 23, the official website of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision issued a recall message saying that Chengdu Muyiting Furniture Co., Ltd. recently filed a recall plan with the Sichuan Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, which decided to be from May 23 to August 23, 2018. The voluntarily recalled 122 sets of “Mu Yi Ting” brand TV cabinets (F-2015) and 117 sets of coffee tables (A-2012) produced from April 2017 to January 2018, and a total of 239 sets of affected products. Because the panel glass does not meet the product safety technical requirements and the safety warning sign is not included in the scope of the recall, consumers may cause the glass to burst when the external force exceeds the bearing capacity of the tempered glass during use. cause some damages.

Jinan Tianqiao District Junfa Furniture Factory also filed a recall plan with the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and decided to recall some “960×600×400mm” drawers produced from August 2016 to September 2017, totaling 70 pieces. . The drawer cabinet products involved in the scope of the recall have problems such as insufficient strength of the push-pull members.