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IEC 60312:2007

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Vacuum cleaners for household use - Methods of measuring the performance

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF , PDF 3 Users , PDF 5 Users , PDF 9 Users

Superseded date

01-10-2011

Language(s)

English - French, Spanish, Castilian

Published date

04-27-2007

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FOREWORD
Section 1: General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative references
  1.3 Definitions
  1.4 General conditions for testing
       1.4.1 Atmospheric conditions
       1.4.2 Test equipment and materials
       1.4.3 Voltage and frequency
       1.4.4 Running-in of vacuum cleaner and attachments
       1.4.5 Equipment of the vacuum cleaner
       1.4.6 Operation of the vacuum cleaner
       1.4.7 Conditioning prior to tests
       1.4.8 Initial application of dust
       1.4.9 Mechanical operator
       1.4.10 Number of samples
       1.4.11 Reference cleaner system
Section 2: Dry vacuum cleaning tests
  2.1 Dust removal from hard flat floors
       2.1.1 Test equipment
       2.1.2 Test area and stroke length
       2.1.3 Distribution of test dust
       2.1.4 Determination of track width and stroke width
       2.1.5 Test method
       2.1.6 Determination of dust removal ability
  2.2 Dust removal from hard floors with crevices
       2.2.1 Test equipment
       2.2.2 Distribution of test dust
       2.2.3 Determination of dust removal ability
  2.3 Dust removal from carpets
       2.3.1 Test carpet
       2.3.2 Test area and stroke length
       2.3.3 Cleaning cycle
       2.3.4 Conditioning of test carpet
       2.3.5 Distribution of test dust
       2.3.6 Embedding of dust into carpet
       2.3.7 Preconditioning of dust receptacle
       2.3.8 Determination of dust removal ability
  2.4 Dust removal along walls
       2.4.1 Test equipment and materials
       2.4.2 Distribution of test dust
       2.4.3 Determination of dust removal ability along
              walls
  2.5 Fibre removal from carpets and upholstery
       2.5.1 Fibre removal from carpets
       2.5.2 Fibre removal from upholstery
  2.6 Thread removal from carpets
       2.6.1 Test carpet
       2.6.2 Distribution of threads
       2.6.3 Determination of thread removal ability
  2.7 Maximum usable volume of the dust receptacle
       2.7.1 Conditions for measurement
       2.7.2 Introduction of moulding granules
       2.7.3 Determination of maximum usable volume of
              dust receptacle
  2.8 Air data
       2.8.1 Conditions for measurement
       2.8.2 Test equipment
       2.8.3 Determination of air data
  2.9 Performance with loaded dust receptacle
       2.9.1 General
       2.9.2 Suction with loaded dust receptacle
       2.9.3 Throttling to simulate loaded dust receptacle
       2.9.4 Determination of performance with loaded dust
              receptacle
  2.10 Dust emission of the vacuum cleaner
       2.10.1 Test procedure
       2.10.2 Pre-test
       2.10.3 Dust test
       2.10.4 Calculating emission
       2.10.5 Record
Section 3: Wet vacuum cleaning tests
  3.1 Object of the test
  3.2 Wet cleaning effectiveness on carpet
       3.2.1 Test carpet samples
       3.2.2 Soiling of carpet sample
       3.2.3 Cleaning procedure
       3.2.4 Drying of the carpet sample
       3.2.5 Determination of wet cleaning effectiveness
       3.2.6 Colorimetric measurements
       3.2.7 Visual assessment
Section 4: Miscellaneous tests
  4.1 Motion resistance
       4.1.1 Test carpet and test equipment
       4.1.2 Determination of motion resistance
  4.2 Cleaning under furniture
       4.2.1 Distribution of test dust
       4.2.2 Determination of free furniture height
  4.3 Radius of operation
       4.3.1 Conditions for measurement
       4.3.2 Determination of radius of operation
  4.4 Impact resistance
       4.4.1 Test equipment
       4.4.2 Determination of impact resistance
  4.5 Deformation of hose and connecting tubes
       4.5.1 Test equipment
       4.5.2 Determination of permanent deformation
  4.6 Bump test
       4.6.1 Test equipment
       4.6.2 Test cycle
       4.6.3 Test procedure
  4.7 Flexibility of the hose
       4.7.1 Preparation of test object
       4.7.2 Determination of the flexibility of the hose
  4.8 Repeated bending of the hose
       4.8.1 Test equipment
       4.8.2 Test method
  4.9 Operation with partly filled dust receptacle
  4.10 Mass
  4.11 Specific cleaning time
  4.12 Dimensions
  4.13 Noise level
  4.14 Energy consumption
       4.14.1 Energy consumption with vacuuming of carpets
       4.14.2 Energy consumption with vacuuming of hard
              floors with crevices
Section 5: Test material and equipment
  5.1 Material for measurements
       5.1.1 Test carpets
       5.1.2 Standard test dust
       5.1.3 Fibre material
       5.1.4 Thread material
       5.1.5 Moulding granules
       5.1.6 Test cushion
  5.2 Equipment for measurements
       5.2.1 Floor test plate
       5.2.2 Test plate with crevice
       5.2.3 Carpet-beating machine
       5.2.4 Carpet hold-downs and guides
       5.2.5 Dust spreader
       5.2.6 Rollers for embedding
       5.2.8 Equipment for air data measurement
       5.2.9 Equipment for dust emission measurement
       5.2.10 Device for motion resistance test
       5.2.11 Device for impact test
       5.2.12 Device for determination of deformation of
              hoses and connecting tubes
       5.2.13 Mechanical operator
       5.2.14 Weighing machine
       5.2.15 Testing surface for wet cleaning tests
       5.2.16 Spectrophotometer
       5.2.17 Test soil mixer
Annex A (informative) Information on materials
Bibliography

Applicable to vacuum cleaners for household use in or under conditions similar to those in households.The purpose of this standard is to specify essential performance characteristics of vacuum cleaners being of interest to the users and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics.

Committee
TC 59/SC 59F
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
152
PublisherName
International Electrotechnical Committee
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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PN EN 60312 : 2008 Identical
BS EN 60312:2008 Identical
DIN EN 60312:2008-11 Identical
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I.S. EN 60312:2008 Identical
CEI EN 60312 : 2008 Identical
EN 60312:2008 Identical
DIN 44956-2:1989-11 Similar to
NEN 10312 : 1993 Similar to
BS 3999-12:1982 Similar to
UNE-EN 60312:2010 Identical
CEI 107-39 : 1ED 1998 Identical
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