ASTM_F_2607_-_08_2014.pdf

Designation:F260708(Reapproved 2014)An American National StandardStandard Test Method forMeasuring the Hard Surface Floor-Cleaning Ability ofHousehold/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2607;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This test method provides only a laboratory test fordetermining the relative hard surface floor-cleaning ability ofhousehold/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested underspecified test conditions.1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercialtypes of upright,canister,combination,and stick vacuumcleaners that use a dry primary dirt receptacle and are intendedfor cleaning hard surface floors as a primary or secondaryfunction.1.3 This test method applies only to the removal of drydebris from hard surface floors,not the removal of embeddeddirt from carpet.1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D75 Practice for Sampling AggregatesE177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias inASTM Test MethodsE691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study toDetermine the Precision of a Test Method2.2 IEC Standard:3IEC 60312 Vacuum Cleaners for Household UseMethodsof Measuring the Performance3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 cleaning ability,nrelative ease with which soils orstains can be removed from material.3.1.2 model,ndesignation of a group of vacuum cleanershaving identical mechanical and electrical construction withonly cosmetic or nonfunctional differences.3.1.3 population,ntotal of all units of a particular modelvacuum cleaner being tested.3.1.4 repeatability limit(r),nvalue below which theabsolute difference between two individual test results obtainedunder repeatability condition may be expected to occur with aprobability of approximately 0.95(95%).3.1.5 repeatability standard deviation(Sr),nstandard de-viation of test results obtained under repeatability conditions.3.1.6 reproducibility limit(R),nvalue below which theabsolute difference between two test results obtained underreproducibility conditions may be expected to occur with aprobability of approximately 0.95(95%).3.1.7 reproducibility standard deviation(SR),nstandarddeviation of test results obtained under reproducibility condi-tions.3.1.8 sample,ngroup of vacuum cleaners taken from alarge collection of vacuum cleaners of one particular modelwhich serves to provide information that may be used as a basisfor making a decision concerning the larger collection.3.1.9 test run,ndefinitive procedure that produces a sin-gular measured result.3.1.10 unit,nsingle vacuum cleaner of the model beingtested.1This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F11 on VacuumCleaners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F11.21 on Cleanability.Current edition approved Nov.1,2014.Published November 2014.Originallyapproved in 2006.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as F2607 08.DOI:10.1520/F2607-08R14.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC),3 rue deVaremb,Case postale 131,CH-1211,Geneva 20,Switzerland,http:/www.iec.ch.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 4.Significance and Use4.1 This test method will provide an indication of the abilityof the vacuum cleaner in removing dry debris from hardsurface floors.The cleaning ability in the laboratory test willnot be the same as in home cleaning;however,in most cases,a vacuum cleaner that performs well in the laboratory willclean well in a home.4.2 To provide a uniform basis for measuring the perfor-mance described in 1.1,standardized test hard surface flooringand standardized test debris are used.5.Apparatus5.1 Weighing Scale for Weighing Cleaners,accurate to0.035 oz(1 g)and having a weighing capacity of at least 15 lb(6.82 kg).5.2 Weighing Scale for Weighing Test Dirt and DirtContainer,accurate to 0.0035 oz(0.10 g)and having aweighing capacity of at least 1.1 lb(500 g).5.3 Stopwatch,with a second hand or other type of equip-ment capable of estab