ASTM_F_608_-_18.pdf

Designation:F60818An American National StandardStandard Test Method forEvaluation of Carpet Embedded Dirt Removal Effectivenessof Household/Commercial Vacuum Cleaners1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F608;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of originaladoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This test method covers only a laboratory test fordetermining the relative carpet dirt removal effectiveness ofhousehold/commercial vacuum cleaners when tested underspecified conditions.1.2 This test method is applicable to household/commercialtypes of upright,canister,and combination cleaners.1.3 The test method applies to embedded dirt removal fromcarpets,not the removal of surface litter and debris.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,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C136/C136M Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine andCoarse AggregatesE11 Specification for Woven Wire Test Sieve Cloth and TestSievesE177 Practice for Use of the Terms Precision and Bias inASTM Test MethodsE691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study toDetermine the Precision of a Test MethodF655 Specification for Test Carpets and Pads for VacuumCleaner TestingF884 Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a Built-In(Central Vacuum)Vacuum CleanerF922 Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of an ElectricMotorized NozzleF1038 Test Method for Motor Life Evaluation of a Canister,Hand-held,Stick,and Utility Type Vacuum Cleaner With-out a Driven AgitatorF1334 Test Method for Determining A-Weighted SoundPower Level of Vacuum CleanersF1409 Test Method for Straight Line Movement of VacuumCleaners While Cleaning CarpetsF2608 Test Method for Determining the Change in RoomAir Particulate Counts as a Result of the Vacuum CleaningProcessF2756 Test Method for Determining Energy Consumption ofVacuum Cleaners3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 model,nthe designation of a group of vacuumcleaners having identical mechanical and electrical construc-tion with only cosmetic or nonfunctional differences.3.1.2 population,nthe total of all units of a particularmodel vacuum cleaner being tested.3.1.3 repeatability limit,rthe value below which theabsolute difference between two individual test results obtainedunder repeatability condition may be expected to occur with aprobability of approximately 0.95(95%).3.1.4 repeatability standard deviation,Srthe standard de-viation of test results obtained under repeatability conditions.3.1.5 reproducibility limit,Rthe value below which theabsolute difference between two test results obtained underreproducibility conditions may be expected to occur with aprobability of approximately 0.95(95%).3.1.6 reproducibility standard deviation,SRthe standarddeviation of test results obtained under reproducibility condi-tions.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 May 15,2018.Published June 2018.Originallyapproved in 1979.Last previous edition approved in 2017 as F608 17.DOI:10.1520/F0608-18.2For 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.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 3.1.7 sample,na group 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.3.1.8 test run,nthe definitive