Vacuum cleaners for household use - Methods of measuring the performance

This International Standard is 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. For safety requirements, reference is made to IEC 60335-1 and IEC 60335-2-2.

Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der Gebrauchseigenschaften

Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonction

S'applique aux aspirateurs de poussière pour usage domestique ou utilisation dans des conditions similaires à celles rencontrées dans des conditions domestiques. La présente norme a pour but d'énumérer les principales caractéristiques d'aptitude à la fonction des aspirateurs de poussière intéressant les consommateurs et de décrire les méthodes de mesure de ces caractéristiques.

Sesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - Metode za merjenje lastnosti (IEC 60312:2007)

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Publication Date
20-Apr-2008
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
14-Mar-2008
Due Date
19-May-2008
Completion Date
21-Apr-2008

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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Vacuum cleaners for household use - Methods of measuring the performanceSesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - Metode za merjenje lastnosti (IEC 60312:2007)Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude à la fonctionStaubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der Gebrauchseigenschaften97.080Aparati za nego talFloor treatment appliancesICS:SIST EN 60312:2008en,fr,deTa slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 60312:200801-junij-2008SIST EN 60312:2008SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60312 NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2008
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 35, B - 1050 Brussels
© 2008 CENELEC -
All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60312:2008 E
ICS 97.080 Supersedes EN 60312:1998 + A1:2000 + A2:2004
English version
Vacuum cleaners for household use -
Methods of measuring the performance (IEC 60312:2007)
Aspirateurs de poussière
à usage domestique -
Méthodes de mesure de l'aptitude
à la fonction (CEI 60312:2007)
Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch -
Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung
der Gebrauchseigenschaften (IEC 60312:2007)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-02-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.



EN 60312:2008 - 2 -
Foreword The text of document 59F/163/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60312, prepared by SC 59F, Floor treatment appliances, of IEC TC 59, Performance of household electrical appliances, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60312 on 2008-02-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 60312:1998 + A1:2000 + A2:2004. The following subclauses have been updated: – 2.9 on performance with partly filled receptacle; – 2.10 on determination of dust emission of the vacuum cleaners; – 4.14 on energy consumption. The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
(dop)
2008-11-01 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn
(dow)
2011-02-01 Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC. __________ Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60312:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated: IEC 60335-1 + A1 + A2 NOTE
Harmonized as EN 60335-1:2002 (modified) + A11:2004 + A1:2004
+ A12:2006 + A2:2006 IEC 60335-2-2 + A1 + A2 NOTE
Harmonized as EN 60335-2-2:2003 (modified)
+ A1:2004 + A2:2006 (modified) __________



- 3 - EN 60312:2008 Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE
When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60704-1 1982 Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise emitted by household and similar electrical appliances -
Part 1: General requirements EN 60704-11)
1994
IEC 60704-2-1 1984 Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise emitted by household and similar electrical appliances -
Part 2-1: Particular requirements for vacuum cleaners EN 60704-2-12)
1994
ISO 554 1976 Standard atmospheres for conditioning
and/or testing - Specifications - -
ISO 679 1989 Methods of testing cements - Determination of strength - -
ISO 2439 1997 Flexible cellular polymeric materials - Determination of hardness (indentation technique) EN ISO 2439 2000
ISO 3386-1 1986 Polymeric materials, cellular flexible - Determination of stress-strain characteristics in compression -
Part 1: Low-density materials
EN ISO 3386-1 1997
ISO 5167 Series Measurement of fluid flow by means of pressure differential devices inserted in circular cross-section conduits running full EN ISO 5167 Series
CIE 15.2 1986 Colorimetry - -
1) EN 60704-1 is superseded by EN 60704-1:1997, which is based on IEC 60704-1:1997. 2) EN 60704-2-1 is superseded by EN 60704-2-1:2001, which is based on IEC 60704-2-1:2000.







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Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique – Méthodes de mesure de l’aptitude à la fonction
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.7 1 Section 1: General 1.1 Scope.9 1.2 Normative references.9 1.3 Definitions.9 1.4 General conditions for testing.11 1.4.1 Atmospheric conditions.11 1.4.2 Test equipment and materials.12 1.4.3 Voltage and frequency.12 1.4.4 Running-in of vacuum cleaner and attachments.12 1.4.5 Equipment of the vacuum cleaner.12 1.4.6 Operation of the vacuum cleaner.13 1.4.7 Conditioning prior to tests.13 1.4.8 Initial application of dust.13 1.4.9 Mechanical operator.13 1.4.10 Number of samples.14 1.4.11 Reference cleaner system.14 2 Section 2: Dry vacuum cleaning tests 2.1 Dust removal from hard flat floors.14 2.1.1 Test equipment.14 2.1.2 Test area and stroke length.14 2.1.3 Distribution of test dust.14 2.1.4 Determination of track width and stroke width.14 2.1.5 Test method.15 2.1.6 Determination of dust removal ability.15 2.2 Dust removal from hard floors with crevices.16 2.2.1 Test equipment.16 2.2.2 Distribution of test dust.16 2.2.3 Determination of dust removal ability.16 2.3 Dust removal from carpets.16 2.3.1 Test carpet.16 2.3.2 Test area and stroke length.17 2.3.3 Cleaning cycle.17 2.3.4 Conditioning of test carpet.17 2.3.5 Distribution of test dust.18 2.3.6 Embedding of dust into carpet.18 2.3.7 Preconditioning of dust receptacle.18 2.3.8 Determination of dust removal ability.18 2.4 Dust removal along walls.19 2.4.1 Test equipment and materials.19 2.4.2 Distribution of test dust.19 2.4.3 Determination of dust removal ability along walls.19 2.5 Fibre removal from carpets and upholstery.19 2.5.1 Fibre removal from carpets.19 2.5.2 Fibre removal from upholstery.20



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2.6 Thread removal from carpets.21 2.6.1 Test carpet.21 2.6.2 Distribution of threads.21 2.6.3 Determination of thread removal ability.21 2.7 Maximum usable volume of the dust receptacle.22 2.7.1 Conditions for measurement.22 2.7.2 Introduction of moulding granules.22 2.7.3 Determination of maximum usable volume of dust receptacle.22 2.8 Air data.22 2.8.1 Conditions for measurement.22 2.8.2 Test equipment.23 2.8.3 Determination of air data.23 2.9 Performance with loaded dust receptacle.23 2.9.1 General.23 2.9.2 Suction with loaded dust receptacle.23 2.9.3 Throttling to simulate loaded dust receptacle.24 2.9.4 Determination of performance with loaded dust receptacle.24 2.10 Dust emission of the vacuum cleaner.25 2.10.1 Test procedure.25 2.10.2 Pre-test.26 2.10.3 Dust test.26 2.10.4 Calculating emission.27 2.10.5 Record.28 3 Section 3: Wet vacuum cleaning tests 3.1 Object of the test.28 3.2 Wet cleaning effectiveness on carpet.29 3.2.1 Test carpet samples.29 3.2.2 Soiling of carpet sample.29 3.2.3 Cleaning procedure.29 3.2.4 Drying of the carpet sample.30 3.2.5 Determination of wet cleaning effectiveness.30 3.2.6 Colorimetric measurements.31 3.2.7 Visual assessment.31 4 Section 4: Miscellaneous tests 4.1 Motion resistance.31 4.1.1 Test carpet and test equipment.31 4.1.2 Determination of motion resistance.32 4.2 Cleaning under furniture.32 4.2.1 Distribution of test dust.32 4.2.2 Determination of free furniture height.32 4.3 Radius of operation.32 4.3.1 Conditions for measurement.33 4.3.2 Determination of radius of operation.33 4.4 Impact resistance.33 4.4.1 Test equipment.33 4.4.2 Determination of impact resistance.33 4.5 Deformation of hose and connecting tubes.33 4.5.1 Test equipment.33



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4.5.2 Determination of permanent deformation.33 4.6 Bump test.34 4.6.1 Test equipment.34 4.6.2 Test cycle.34 4.6.3 Test procedure.34 4.7 Flexibility of the hose.35 4.7.1 Preparation of test object.35 4.7.2 Determination of the flexibility of the hose.35 4.8 Repeated bending of the hose.35 4.8.1 Test equipment.35 4.8.2 Test method.35 4.9 Operation with partly filled dust receptacle.36 4.10 Mass.36 4.11 Specific cleaning time.36 4.12 Dimensions.37 4.13 Noise level.37 4.14 Energy consumption.37 4.14.1 Energy consumption with vacuuming of carpets.37 4.14.2 Energy consumption with vacuuming of hard floors with crevices.39 5 Section 5: Test material and equipment 5.1 Material for measurements.39 5.1.1 Test carpets.39 5.1.2 Standard test dust.41 5.1.3 Fibre material.43 5.1.4 Thread material.43 5.1.5 Moulding granules.43 5.1.6 Test cushion.43 5.2 Equipment for measurements.44 5.2.1 Floor test plate.44 5.2.2 Test plate with crevice.44 5.2.3 Carpet-beating machine.44 5.2.4 Carpet hold-downs and guides.44 5.2.5 Dust spreader.44 5.2.6 Rollers for embedding.44 5.2.7 Void.45 5.2.8 Equipment for air data measurement.45 5.2.9 Equipment for dust emission measurement.47 5.2.10 Device for motion resistance test.49 5.2.11 Device for impact test.49 5.2.12 Device for determination of deformation of hoses and connecting tubes.49 5.2.13 Mechanical operator.49 5.2.14 Weighing machine.49 5.2.15 Testing surface for wet cleaning tests.50 5.2.16 Spectrophotometer.50 5.2.17 Test soil mixer.50 Annex A (informative)
Information on materials.73 Bibliography.76



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Table 1 – Values for the upper confidence value of a Poisson distribution for the 95 % confidence level.28 Table 2 – Classes for sizes 0,4 – 25 µm.48
Figure 1 – Zig-zag pattern.51 Figure 2 – Stroke length in measurements of dust removal from hard floors and of thread removal from carpets.51 Figure 3 – Grain size diagram for test dust.52 Figure 4 – Devices for distribution of mineral dust.53 Figure 5 – Test plate with crevice.53 Figure 6 – Carpet-beating machine.54 Figure 7a – Carpet hold-downs and guides.54 Figure 7b – Stroke length in the measurement of dust removal from carpets.55 Figure 7c – Dust spreader and roller for embedding dust into carpets.55 Figure 7d – Mechanical operator for the measurement of dust removal from carpets and of motion resistance.56 Figure 8 – Right-angled T.57 Figure 9 – Arrangement of threads in the thread removal test.57 Figure 10a – Stencil for distribution of fibres on test carpets.58 Figure 10b – Frame for test cushion.58 Figure 10c – Stencil for distribution of fibres on upholstery.59 Figure 11 – Nozzle adaptor for upright cleaners.59 Figure 12 – Air data curves.60 Figure 13a – Alternative A equipment for air data measurements.60 Figure 13b – Measuring box for alternative A.61 Figure 13c – Alternative B equipment for air data measurements.62 Figure 14a – Testing hood for measurement of dust emission.63 Figure 14b – Placing of upright cleaners in the testing hood.63 Figure 14c – Dust dispenser.64 Figure 15 – Insertion depth.65 Figure 16 – Drum for impact test.65 Figure 17a – Device for testing deformation of hoses and connecting tubes.66 Figure 17b – Position of test object and cross-section for measurement of deformation.66 Figure 18 – Preparation of hoses for testing flexibility.67 Figure 19 – Equipment for repeated bending of hoses.67 Figure 20a – Profile of threshold.68 Figure 20b – Arrangements for bump test.68 Figure 21 − Clamping arrangement for carpet sample.69 Figure 22a − Cleaning pattern for appliances with cleaning head used in forward and backward strokes.69 Figure 22b − Cleaning pattern for appliances with cleaning head only used in backward strokes.70 Figure 23a – Connecting tube openings.71



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Figure 23b – Dust spread uniformly on surface.71 Figure 24 – Test dust for loading dust receptacle.72



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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ____________
VACUUM CLEANERS FOR HOUSEHOLD USE – METHODS OF MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE
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