prEN 14056-5

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2026
Laboratorijsko pohištvo - Priporočila za načrtovanje in namestitev - 5. del: Nosilci
za razvode inštalacij
Laboratory furniture - Recommendations for design and installation - Part 5: Services
distribution carriers
Laboreinrichtungen - Empfehlungen für Anordnung und Montage - Teil 5:
Medienträgersysteme
Mobilier de laboratoire - Recommandations de conception et d'installation - Partie 5 :
Supports de distribution des alimentations
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 14056-5
ICS:
71.040.10 Kemijski laboratoriji. Chemical laboratories.
Laboratorijska oprema Laboratory equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2026
ICS 71.040.10
English Version
Laboratory furniture - Recommendations for design and
installation - Part 5: Services distribution carriers
Laboreinrichtungen - Empfehlungen für Anordnung
und Montage - Teil 5: Medienträgersysteme
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 332.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and Definitions . 4
4 Services distribution carriers . 6
4.1 Typical services for distribution . 6
4.2 Typical services distribution carrier components. 6
4.3 Services distribution carrier accessories . 6
4.4 Services distribution carrier mountings and support systems . 7
4.5 Services separation and ventilation . 7
4.6 Typical types of services distribution carriers . 7
4.6.1 Laboratory bench with integrated channel services distribution . 7
4.6.2 Worktop mounted services distribution carrier with horizontal or vertical
arrangement of services . 7
4.6.3 Floor-standing services distribution carriers with horizontal or vertical services
distribution . 8
4.6.4 Wall-mounted services distribution carriers with horizontal or vertical services
distribution . 8
4.6.5 Ceiling-mounted services distribution carriers . 9
4.6.6 Moveable services distribution carrier .11
4.6.7 Fold down services distribution carrier with articulated positional adjustment .12
4.6.8 Portable services distribution carrier .12
4.6.9 Mobile services distribution carriers .13
5 Safety requirements .14
5.1 General .14
5.2 Requirements for strength and durability .14
5.2.1 General .14
5.2.2 Floor-standing services distribution carriers .14
5.2.3 Ceiling-mounted services distribution carriers .15
5.2.4 Wall-mounted services distribution carriers .15
5.2.5 Movable or mobile services distribution carriers .15
6 Test report .16
7 User guide .16
8 Marking and labelling .17
9 Documentation .17
10 Recommendations for the safe and effective delivery, offloading, distribution and
installation of a services distribution carrier .17
11 Guideline and overview of services outlets for services distribution carriers .17
Bibliography .18
European foreword
This document (prEN 14056-5:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 332
“Laboratory equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
EN 14056, Laboratory furniture - Recommendations for design and installation, is currently composed
with the following parts:
— Part 2: General (published 2025-11);
— Part 2: Table frames;
— Part 3: Worktops;
— Part 4: Storage units;
— Part 5: Services distribution carriers (this document).
1 Scope
This document is applicable to biology, chemistry and physics laboratories where research, preparative,
analytical, process activities take place and which can involve work with hazardous substances, including
higher education (college and university teaching and post-graduate research).
This document does not cover the requirements of schools, i.e. precollege/pre-university (refer to
EN 13150), or highly specialist laboratories which need very specific, bespoke solutions to enable them
to function.
This document specifies requirements for various types of services distribution carriers typically used in
combination with laboratory bench types as covered in the EN 14056 series. This document gives
guidelines for all parties involved in the planning, design, manufacture, installation, testing of a new
laboratory or in the refurbishment of an existing laboratory.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 1757:2022, Safety of industrial trucks — Pedestrian propelled industrial platform trucks
EN 1906, Building hardware — Lever handles and knob furniture — Requirements and test methods
EN 14428:2015+A1:2018, Shower enclosures - Functional requirements and test methods
EN 12600, Glass in building — Pendulum test — Impact test method and classification for flat glass
EN 13792, Colour coding of taps and valves for use in laboratories
EN 14056-1, Laboratory furniture — Recommendations for design and installation — Part 1: General
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions given in EN 14056-1 and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
services distribution carrier
support structure by which services such as gases, water, electricity and IT are distributed to outlet points
which comprise part of the lab bench assembly (spine, duct, bridge, void, channel)
3.2
laboratory bench
assembly of individual components, combined to create a facility within a laboratory to enable laboratory
work
Note 1 to entry: A laboratory bench may include but is not limited to a worktop, leg frame support structure,
shelving, storage units, worktop-mounted service outlets (gases, water, electricity, IT) a services spine and services
provision. Services may also be delivered via a separate overhead delivery system.
Note 2 to entry: A laboratory bench may be fixed to the building structure (e.g. wall or floor) or may be free-
standing (not fixed to the building structure).
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.1]
3.3
single-sided laboratory bench
laboratory bench for single sided use, usually but not always fixed to a wall and is a stand-alone assembly
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.1.3]
3.4
island bench
laboratory bench, which is not fixed to a wall and is a stand-alone assembly
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.1.4]
3.5
peninsula bench
laboratory bench, which may be attached, usually at right angles to a wall or wall bench
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.1.5]
3.6
storage unit
cupboard, drawer packs, tray or basket units which form part of the service distribution carrier
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.2]
3.7
worktop
horizontal surface to enable laboratory work
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.3]
3.8
services outlet
outlet to which cabling or piping connects to enable users to access services
Note 1 to entry: Examples for services outlets are electrical or IT sockets and gases or water taps.
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.5]
3.10
moveable
ability to relocate a laboratory bench or component of the same, which can involve some
disassembly/unfastening of components and means of transportation (e.g. trolleys, skids, lifting
equipment)
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.8]
3.11
mobile
ability to relocate a service distribution carrier or component of the same freely and easily with little or
no disassembly/unfastening or requirement for means of transportation (e.g. lightweight components,
storage units and laboratory bench assemblies which include glides or castors)
[SOURCE: EN 14056-1:2025, 3.9]
4 Services distribution carriers
4.1 Typical services for distribution
Typical services for distribution can comprise but are not restricted to the following:
1) Water (different sorts) and steam;
2) Waste liquids;
3) Gases and vacuum;
4) Electrical supply;
5) Communication supply;
6) Local air, e.g. fume and vapour, extraction;
with necessary support frames, mountings, outlets, supply lines and wall, floor or ceiling fixings.
Service supply lines can be routed from the floor, from the wall or from the ceiling into the service
distribution carrier.
4.2 Typical services distribution carrier components
Typical components for services distribution carriers can comprise but are not restricted to the following:
— shelves;
— storage units;
— panelling;
— monitoring devices;
— splash guards;
— drip cups.
4.3 Services distribution carrier accessories
Possible accessories for services distribution carriers can comprise but are not restricted to the following:
— draining boards;
— holders for equipment, e.g. pipettes, paper rolls or monitors.
Services distribution carriers can also include a dedicated sanitary station which can include a sink, water
taps, eyewash, peg drainer, soap dispenser, disinfection dispenser, towel facilities.
4.4 Services distribution carrier mountings and support systems
All mountings and support systems shall have sufficient strength and rigidity to cope with any permitted
combinations of supported components and for any expected dynamic load imposed. The support system
shall be capable of controlling the line, and level of components it supports.
Within the service distribution carrier, there shall be facility to support service supply lines (pipes, cable,
conduit). These can be dedicated frameworks or surfaces to which support systems can be fixed.
4.5 Services separation and ventilation
The services distribution carrier shall include separate compartments to separate services where
necessary e.g. for safety and where proximity of electrical wires with data cabling is such that it could
cause electromagnetic interference.
Services distribution carriers shall facilitate free air movement within. Spaces which could allow gases or
condensation to amass should be eliminated. Fully enclosed (airtight) spaces should be discouraged
except where other means of ventilating the space have been incorporated.
NOTE For electrical services and for ventilation with regard to fuel gases, attention is drawn to national
regulations.
4.6 Typical types of services distribution carriers
4.6.1 Laboratory bench with integrated channel services distribution
The services distribution channel/void is integrated within a laboratory bench and is located under the
worktop, between walls/panels and rear of storage units/panels for single sided benches, or between
storage units/panels for double sided benches, see Figure 1.
Services outlets are typically located on the worktop.
The main services supply lines (pipes, cables) can be routed from the floor, from a wall or from above.
The panels to the rear of storage units located under the worktop should provide protection for services
supply lines and should be removeable for maintenance access.

Figure 1 — Laboratory bench with integrated channel services distribution
4.6.2 Wo
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