ASTM F608-97

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Carpet-Embedded Dirt Removal Effectiveness of Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners

SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers only a laboratory test for determining the relative carpet dirt removal effectiveness of household/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested under specified conditions.
1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercial types of upright, canister, and combination cleaners.
1.3 The test method applies to embedded dirt removal from carpets, not the removal of surface litter and debris.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2001
• ICS: 97.080 - Cleaning appliances
• Technical Committee: F11 - Vacuum Cleaners
• Drafting Committee: F11.21 - Cleanability

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F608-01 - Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Carpet Embedded Dirt Removal Effectiveness of Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1411-11(2018) - Standard Practice for Presenting Selected Information on Vacuum Cleaners for Consumer Use
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F922-01(2023) - Standard Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of an Electric Motorized Nozzle
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1601-01(2023) - Standard Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of an Electric Motorized Nozzle for Central Vacuum Cleaning Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D5438-17 - Standard Practice for Collection of Floor Dust for Chemical Analysis
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1038-02(2023) - Standard Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a Canister, Hand-held, Stick, and Utility Type Vacuum Cleaner Without a Driven Agitator
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F555-01(2023) - Standard Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of an Upright Vacuum Cleaner
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2608-15(2022) - Standard Test Method for Determining the Change in Room Air Particulate Counts as a Result of the Vacuum Cleaning Process
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1334-18 - Standard Test Method for Determining A-Weighted Sound Power Level of Vacuum Cleaners
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2797-19 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating Edge Cleaning Effectiveness of Vacuum Cleaners
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2609-11(2021) - Standard Test Method for Litter-Cleaning Effectiveness of Vacuum Cleaners
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F884-01(2023) - Standard Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a Built-In (Central Vacuum) Vacuum Cleaner
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1692-01(2023) - Standard Test Method for Life Evaluation of a Turbine-Powered Nozzle for Household Central Vacuum Cleaning Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1284-22 - Standard Test Method for Evaluating Carpet Embedded Dirt Removal Effectiveness of Residential Central Vacuum Cleaning Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2828-20 - Standard Test Method for Assessing Carpet Cleaning Effectiveness in Terms of Visual Appearance Change When Cleaned with a Wet Extraction Cleaning System
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 608 – 97
Standard Test Method for
Evaluation of Carpet Embedded Dirt Removal Effectiveness
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of Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 608; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.2 model, n—the designation of a group of vacuum
cleaners having identical mechanical and electrical construc-
1.1 This test method covers only a laboratory test for
tion with only cosmetic or nonfunctional differences.
determining the relative carpet dirt removal effectiveness of
3.1.3 population, n—the total of all units of a particular
household/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested under
model vacuum cleaner being tested.
standard conditions.
3.1.4 repeatability limit, r—the value below which the
1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercial
absolute difference between two individual test results obtained
types of upright, canister, and combination cleaners.
under repeatability condition may be expected to occur with a
1.3 The test method applies to embedded dirt removal from
probability of approximately 0.95 (95 %).
carpets, not the removal of surface litter and debris.
3.1.5 repeatability standard deviation, S —the standard de-
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the r
viation of test results obtained under repeatability conditions.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.6 reproducibility limit, R—the value below which the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
absolute difference between two test results obtained under
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
reproducibility conditions may be expected to occur with a
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
probability of approximately 0.95 (95 %).
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.7 reproducibility standard deviation, S —the standard
R
deviation of test results obtained under reproducibility condi-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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tions.
D 75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates
3.1.8 sample, n—a group of vacuum cleaners taken from a
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
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large collection of vacuum cleaners of one particular model
poses
which serves to provide information that may be used as a basis
E 177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
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for making a decision concerning the larger collection.
ASTM Test Methods
3.1.9 test run, n—the definitive procedure that produces a
E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
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singular measured result.
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
3.1.10 unit, n—a single vacuum cleaner of the model being
F 655 Specification for Test Carpets and Pads for Vacuum
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tested.
Cleaner Testing
F 922 Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a House-
4. Significance and Use
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hold Electric Motorized Nozzle
4.1 This test method provides an indication of the capability
F 1038 Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a House-
2 of the vacuum cleaner to remove embedded dirt from carpet-
hold Canister Vacuum Cleaner
ing. This test method is based upon results of home cleaning
F 1334 Test Method for Determining Sound Power Level of
2 tests so that, in most cases, a reasonable correlation exists
Vacuum Cleaners
between home and laboratory results. The amount of dirt
F 1409 Test Method for Straight-line Movement of Vacuum
2 picked up in the laboratory test may not be the same as in home
Cleaners While Cleaning Carpet
cleaning; however, it will show that, in most cases, a vacuum
3. Terminology cleaner that cleans well in the laboratory will clean well in a
home. Laboratory results may differ due to variations in the
3.1 Definitions:
homes, carpets, dirt, and other factors.
3.1.1 cleanability, n—the relative ease with which soils or
4.2 In order to provide a uniform basis for measuring the
stains can be removed from material.
performance described in 1.1, standardized test carpets and a
standardized test dirt are employed in this procedure.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-11 on Vacuum
Cleaners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F11.21 on Cleanability.
5. Apparatus
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 1997. Published August 1998. Originally
published as F 608 – 79. Last previous edition F 608 – 96.
5.1 Weighing Scale for Weighing Carpets, accurate to 0.035
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols 04.02, 14.02, and 15.07.
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