ASTM_F_608_-_13.pdf

Designation:F60813An 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 and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D75 Practice for Sampling 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 Carpets3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 cleaning ability,dry,nthe potential of a vacuumcleaner to remove dirt from a surface(sometimes referred to inthe industry as cleanability,dry).3.1.2 model,nthe designation of a group of vacuumcleaners having identical mechanical and electrical construc-tion with only cosmetic or nonfunctional differences.3.1.3 population,nthe total of all units of a particularmodel vacuum cleaner being tested.3.1.4 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%).3.1.5 repeatability standard deviation,Srthe standard de-viation of test results obtained under repeatability conditions.3.1.6 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%).3.1.7 reproducibility standard deviation,SRthe standarddeviation of test results obtained under reproducibility condi-tions.3.1.8 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.3.1.9 test run,nthe definitive procedure that produces asingular measured result.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 Aug.1,2013.Published August 2013.Originallyapproved in 1979.Last previous edition approved in 2011 as F608 11.DOI:10.1520/F0608-13.2For 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 States1 3.1.10 unit,na single vacuum cleaner of the model beingtested.4.Significance and Use4.1 This test method provides an indication of the capabilityof the vacuum cleaner to remove embedded dirt from carpet-ing.This test method is based upon results of home cleaningtests so that,in most cases,a reasonable correlation existsbetween home and laboratory results.The amount of dirtpicked up in the laboratory test may not be the same as in thehome;however,it will show that,in most cases,a vacuumcleaner that performs well in the laboratory will perform wellin a home.Laboratory results may differ due to variations inthe homes,carpets,dirt,and other factors(see Section 6).