BS EN 60312:2008
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Vacuum cleaners for household use. Methods of measuring the performance
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2008 | 80 |
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.
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 5 | English CONTENTS |
| 10 | Section 1: General 1.1 Scope 1.2 Normative references 1.3 Definitions |
| 12 | 1.4 General conditions for testing |
| 15 | Section 2: Dry vacuum cleaning tests 2.1 Dust removal from hard flat floors |
| 17 | 2.2 Dust removal from hard floors with crevices 2.3 Dust removal from carpets |
| 20 | 2.4 Dust removal along walls 2.5 Fibre removal from carpets and upholstery |
| 22 | 2.6 Thread removal from carpets |
| 23 | 2.7 Maximum usable volume of the dust receptacle 2.8 Air data |
| 24 | 2.9 Performance with loaded dust receptacle |
| 26 | 2.10 Dust emission of the vacuum cleaner |
| 29 | Section 3: Wet vacuum cleaning tests 3.1 Object of the test Table 1 – Values for the upper confidence value of a Poisson distribution for the 95 % confidence level |
| 30 | 3.2 Wet cleaning effectiveness on carpet |
| 32 | Section 4: Miscellaneous tests 4.1 Motion resistance |
| 33 | 4.2 Cleaning under furniture 4.3 Radius of operation |
| 34 | 4.4 Impact resistance 4.5 Deformation of hose and connecting tubes |
| 35 | 4.6 Bump test |
| 36 | 4.7 Flexibility of the hose 4.8 Repeated bending of the hose |
| 37 | 4.9 Operation with partly filled dust receptacle 4.10 Mass 4.11 Specific cleaning time |
| 38 | 4.12 Dimensions 4.13 Noise level 4.14 Energy consumption |
| 40 | Section 5: Test material and equipment 5.1 Material for measurements |
| 45 | 5.2 Equipment for measurements |
| 49 | Table 2 – Classes for sizes 0,4 – 25 µm |
| 52 | Figures Figure 1 – Zig-zag pattern Figure 2 – Stroke length in measurements of dust removal from hard floors and of thread removal from carpets |
| 53 | Figure 3 – Grain size diagram for test dust |
| 54 | Figure 4 – Devices for distribution of mineral dust Figure 5 – Test plate with crevice |
| 55 | Figure 6 – Carpet-beating machine Figure 7a – Carpet hold-downs and guides |
| 56 | Figure 7b – Stroke length in the measurement of dust removal from carpets Figure 7c – Dust spreader and roller for embedding dust into carpets |
| 57 | Figure 7d – Mechanical operator for the measurement of dust removal from carpets and of motion resistance |
| 58 | Figure 8 – Right-angled T Figure 9 – Arrangement of threads in the thread removal test |
| 59 | Figure 10a – Stencil for distribution of fibres on test carpets Figure 10b – Frame for test cushion |
| 60 | Figure 10c – Stencil for distribution of fibres on upholstery Figure 11 – Nozzle adaptor for upright cleaners |
| 61 | Figure 12 – Air data curves Figure 13a – Alternative A equipment for air data measurements |
| 62 | Figure 13b – Measuring box for alternative A |
| 63 | Figure 13c – Alternative B equipment for air data measurements |
| 64 | Figure 14a – Testing hood for measurement of dust emission Figure 14b – Placing of upright cleaners in the testing hood |
| 65 | Figure 14c – Dust dispenser |
| 66 | Figure 15 – Insertion depth Figure 16 – Drum for impact test |
| 67 | Figure 17a – Device for testing deformation of hoses and connecting tubes Figure 17b – Position of test object and cross-section for measurement of deformation |
| 68 | Figure 18 – Preparation of hoses for testing flexibility Figure 19 – Equipment for repeated bending of hoses |
| 69 | Figure 20a – Profile of threshold Figure 20b – Arrangements for bump test |
| 70 | Figure 21 – Clamping arrangement for carpet sample Figure 22a – Cleaning pattern for appliances with cleaning head used in forward and backward strokes |
| 71 | Figure 22b – Cleaning pattern for appliances with cleaning head only used in backward strokes |
| 72 | Figure 23a – Connecting tube openings Figure 23b – Dust spread uniformly on surface |
| 73 | Figure 24 – Test dust for loading dust receptacle |
| 74 | Annex A (informative) Information on materials |
| 77 | Bibliography |
