How to Determine the Welding Structure of Church Chairs?

In public religious spaces such as churches and chapels, church chairs typically require long-term, high-frequency use. Compared to appearance and fabric, the quality of the welding structure directly affects the safety and lifespan of the chairs, making it a crucial point that cannot be ignored during procurement and acceptance.

1. Why is the welding structure so important for church chairs?

Church chairs are mostly metal-framed structures, and common usage scenarios include:

Long periods of concentrated sitting

Used in rows or stacked

Frequent moving and adjustment

If the welding of church chairs is weak or has incomplete welds, it is prone to loosening, deformation, or even breakage under long-term stress, posing a safety hazard.

2. Quickly assess quality by observing the weld appearance.

No professional equipment is needed to visually determine the quality of church chair welding:

The weld should be continuous and uniform, without obvious breaks.

The surface should be smooth, without porosity, cracks, or excessive weld slag.

The weld should have no obvious burrs and have undergone basic grinding.

Rough, irregular welds often indicate insufficient control over the welding process.

3. Focus on inspecting the critical load-bearing welds of the church bench.

The following locations are particularly important in the church bench structure:

The connection between the legs and the crossbeams

The connection between the backrest uprights and the seat frame

Welds in the bench's connecting parts or stacking structures

These areas should primarily use full welds or high-strength welds, which offer significantly better stability than simple spot welds.

4. Whether the welding process matches the surface treatment.

A qualified church bench weld should be compatible with surface treatment processes such as powder coating and baking paint:

The coating at the weld points should be uniform, without blistering or peeling

The welded area should not easily rust

It should not affect the overall appearance consistency

Rough welding often accelerates the aging of the church bench later.

5. Simple tests to verify welding stability.

Basic tests can be performed during the sample or acceptance stage:

Whether it wobbles after sitting on it

Whether there are abnormal noises when slightly shaking it

Whether the overall structure is stable after multiple benches are arranged

A qualified welded church bench should maintain a stable structure.