ASTM F2607-06
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Measuring the Hard Surface Floor-Cleaning Ability of Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners
Standard Test Method for Measuring the Hard Surface Floor-Cleaning Ability of Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners
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1.1 This test method provides only a laboratory test for determining the relative hard surface floor-cleaning ability of household/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested under specified test conditions.
1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercial types of upright, canister, combination, and stick vacuum cleaners that use a dry primary dirt receptacle and are intended for cleaning hard surface floors as a primary or secondary function.
1.3 This test method applies only to the removal of dry debris from hard surface floors, not the removal of embedded dirt from carpet.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
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.
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An American National Standard
Designation:F2607–06
Standard Test Method for
Measuring the Hard Surface Floor-Cleaning Ability of
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Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2607; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope IEC60312 Vacuum Cleaners for Household Use—Methods
of Measuring the Performance
1.1 This test method provides only a laboratory test for
determining the relative hard surface floor-cleaning ability of
3. Terminology
household/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested under
3.1 Definitions:
specified test conditions.
3.1.1 cleaning ability, n—relative ease with which soils or
1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercial
stains can be removed from material.
types of upright, canister, combination, and stick vacuum
3.1.2 model, n—designation of a group of vacuum cleaners
cleaners that use a dry primary dirt receptacle and are intended
having identical mechanical and electrical construction with
for cleaning hard surface floors as a primary or secondary
only cosmetic or nonfunctional differences.
function.
3.1.3 population, n—total of all units of a particular model
1.3 This test method applies only to the removal of dry
vacuum cleaner being tested.
debris from hard surface floors, not the removal of embedded
3.1.4 repeatability limit (r), n—value below which the
dirt from carpet.
absolutedifferencebetweentwoindividualtestresultsobtained
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
under repeatability condition may be expected to occur with a
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
probability of approximately 0.95 (95%).
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
3.1.5 repeatability standard deviation (S ), n—standard de-
r
and are not considered standard.
viation of test results obtained under repeatability conditions.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.1.6 reproducibility limit (R), n—value below which the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
absolute difference between two test results obtained under
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
reproducibility conditions may be expected to occur with a
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
probability of approximately 0.95 (95%).
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
3.1.7 reproducibility standard deviation (S ), n—standard
R
2. Referenced Documents deviation of test results obtained under reproducibility condi-
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tions.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.8 sample, n—group of vacuum cleaners taken from a
D75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates
large collection of vacuum cleaners of one particular model
E177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias in
whichservestoprovideinformationthatmaybeusedasabasis
ASTM Test Methods
for making a decision concerning the larger collection.
E691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to
3.1.9 test run, n—definitive procedure that produces a
Determine the Precision of a Test Method
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singular measured result.
2.2 IEC Standard:
3.1.10 unit, n—single vacuum cleaner of the model being
tested.
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ThistestmethodisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeF11onVacuum 4. Significance and Use
Cleaners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F11.21 on Cleanability.
4.1 Thistestmethodwillprovideanindicationoftheability
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published November 2006.
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of the vacuum cleaner in removing dry debris from hard
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contactASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. ForAnnual Book ofASTM
surface floors. The cleaning ability in the laboratory test will
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
not be the same as in home cleaning; however, in most cases,
the ASTM website.
3 a vacuum cleaner that performs well in the laboratory will
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Varembé, Case postale 131, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iec.ch. clean well in a home.
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F2607–06
FIG. 1 Guide Rails
4.2 To provide a uniform basis for measuring the perfor- 6. Materials
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mance described in 1.1, standardized test hard surface flooring
6.1 Silica Sand, Sieve Size Range , 40/+50 at a density of
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and standardized test debris are used.
0.0167 g/in. (0.002 59 g/c
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