SIST EN 60312-1:2017/oprAA:2020
(Amendment)Vacuum cleaners for household use - Part 1: Dry vacuum cleaners - Methods for measuring the performance
Vacuum cleaners for household use - Part 1: Dry vacuum cleaners - Methods for measuring the performance
This International Standard is applicable for measurements of the performance of dry 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 dry vacuum cleaners being of interest to the users and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics.
Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Teil 1: Trockensauger - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der Gebrauchseigenschaften
Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Partie 1: Aspirateurs a sec - Méthodes de mesure de laptitude à la function
Sesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - 1. del: Sesalniki za suho čiščenje - Metode za merjenje lastnosti - Dopolnilo AA
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60312-1:2017/oprAA:2020
01-junij-2020
Sesalniki za uporabo v gospodinjstvu - 1. del: Sesalniki za suho čiščenje - Metode
za merjenje lastnosti - Dopolnilo AAVacuum cleaners for household use - Part 1: Dry vacuum cleaners - Methods for
measuring the performance
Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Teil 1: Trockensauger - Prüfverfahren zur
Bestimmung der Gebrauchseigenschaften
Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Partie 1: Aspirateurs a sec - Méthodes
de mesure de laptitude à la functionTa slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60312-1:2017/prAA:2020
ICS:
97.080 Aparati za čiščenje Cleaning appliances
SIST EN 60312-1:2017/oprAA:2020 en,fr
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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SIST EN 60312-1:2017/oprAA:2020
EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
EN 60312-1:2017
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAA
April 2020
ICS
English Version
Vacuum cleaners for household use - Part 1: Dry vacuum
cleaners - Methods for measuring the performance
Aspirateurs de poussière à usage domestique - Partie 1: Staubsauger für den Hausgebrauch - Teil 1: Trockensauger
Aspirateurs a sec - Méthodes de mesure de l¿aptitude à la - Prüfverfahren zur Bestimmung der
function GebrauchseigenschaftenThis draft amendment prAA, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 60312-1:2017; it is submitted to CENELEC members for
enquiry.Deadline for CENELEC: 2020-07-17.
It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 59X.
If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft amendment was established by CENELEC 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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1 Contents Page
2 1 Modification to Clause 1, Scope....................................................................................... 7
3 2 Modification to Clause 2, Normative references ............................................................... 7
4 3 Modification to Clause 3, Terms and definitions ............................................................... 7
5 4 Modification to Clause 4, General conditions for testing ................................................... 9
6 4.1 Atmospheric conditions ........................................................................................... 9
7 4.2 Test equipment and materials ................................................................................. 9
8 4.2.1 General ........................................................................................................... 9
9 4.2.2 Pile direction ................................................................................................. 10
10 4.3 Voltage and frequency .......................................................................................... 10
11 4.6 Operation of the dry vacuum cleaner ..................................................................... 10
12 4.6.1 General ......................................................................................................... 10
13 4.6.2 Operation of water filter vacuum cleaners, additional requirements ................ 11
14 4.7 Conditioning prior to each test .............................................................................. 11
15 4.8 Mechanical operator ............................................................................................. 11
16 4.9 Number of samples ............................................................................................... 12
17 4.Z1 Carpets for testing ................................................................................................ 12
18 4.Z2 Stroke length and test area ................................................................................... 12
19 4.Z3 Stroke speed ........................................................................................................ 13
20 5 Modification to Clause 5, Dry vacuum cleaning tests ..................................................... 13
21 5.1 Dust removal from hard flat floors ......................................................................... 13
22 5.1.2 Test area and stroke length ........................................................................... 13
23 5.1.5 Preconditioning of dust receptacle ................................................................. 13
24 5.1.6 Determination of dust removal ability ............................................................. 13
25 5.2 Hard floor cleaning ................................................................................................ 14
26 5.2.1 Dust removal from hard floors with crevices ................................................... 14
27 5.2.2 Debris removal from hard floors ..................................................................... 16
28 5.3 Dust and debris removal from carpets ................................................................... 17
29 5.3.1 Dust removal from carpets ............................................................................. 17
30 5.3.2 Debris removal from carpet ............................................................................ 20
31 5.4 Dust removal along walls ...................................................................................... 21
32 5.4.1 Test equipment and materials ........................................................................ 21
33 5.4.2 Determination of dust removal ability along walls ........................................... 21
34 5.5 Fibre removal from carpets and upholstery ........................................................... 21
35 5.5.1 General ......................................................................................................... 21
36 5.5.2 Fibre removal from carpets ............................................................................ 22
37 5.5.3 Fibre removal from upholstery ....................................................................... 22
38 5.6 Thread removal from carpets ................................................................................ 23
39 5.6.3 Determination of thread removal ability .......................................................... 23
40 5.7 Maximum usable volume of the dust receptacle .................................................... 23
41 5.7.1 General ......................................................................................................... 23
42 5.7.2 Conditions for test ......................................................................................... 24
43 5.7.3 Introduction of moulding granules .................................................................. 24
44 5.7.4 Determination of maximum usable volume of dust receptacle ........................ 24
45 5.8 Air data ................................................................................................................. 25
46 5.8.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 25
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47 5.8.2 Conditions for test ......................................................................................... 25
48 5.8.3 Test equipment .............................................................................................. 25
49 5.8.Z1 Mounting dry vacuum cleaner to test chamber for air data test....................... 25
50 5.8.4 Determination of air data ............................................................................... 26
51 5.9 Performance with loaded dust receptacle .............................................................. 26
52 5.9.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 26
53 5.9.2 Determination of suction pressure change with loaded dust receptacle .......... 26
54 5.9.3 Throttling to simulate loaded dust receptacle ................................................. 29
55 5.9.4 Determination of performance with loaded dust receptacle ............................ 29
56 5.10 Total emissions while vacuum cleaning ................................................................. 29
57 5.10.Z1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 29
58 5.10.Z2 Test conditions .............................................................................................. 30
59 5.10.Z3 Test equipment .............................................................................................. 30
60 5.10.Z4 Test carpet .................................................................................................... 30
61 5.10.Z5 Test chamber setup and conditioning ............................................................. 30
62 5.10.Z6 Dry vacuum cleaners ..................................................................................... 30
63 5.10.Z7 Test sample and material setup ..................................................................... 30
64 5.10.Z8 Positioning the test unit ................................................................................. 31
65 5.10.Z9 Test procedure .............................................................................................. 31
66 5.10.Z10 Reporting ....................................................................................................... 31
67 6 Modification to Clause 6, Miscellaneous tests ................................................................ 32
68 6.1 General ................................................................................................................. 32
69 6.2 Motion resistance .................................................................................................. 32
70 6.2.1 Test carpet and test equipment ...................................................................... 32
71 6.2.2 Determination of motion resistance ................................................................ 32
72 6.3 Cleaning under furniture ....................................................................................... 33
73 6.3.1 Determination of free furniture height ............................................................. 33
74 6.4 Radius of operation ............................................................................................... 33
75 6.4.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 33
76 6.4.2 Conditions for measurement .......................................................................... 33
77 6.5 Impact resistance for detachable cleaning heads .................................................. 33
78 6.5.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 33
79 6.5.3 Determination of impact resistance ................................................................ 33
80 6.6 Deformation of hose and connecting tubes ............................................................ 33
81 6.6.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 33
82 6.6.3 Determination of permanent deformation ....................................................... 33
83 6.7 Bump test ............................................................................................................. 33
84 6.7.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 33
85 6.7.2 Test equipment .............................................................................................. 33
86 6.7.4 Test procedure .............................................................................................. 34
87 6.8 Flexibility of the hose ............................................................................................ 34
88 6.8.3 Determination of the flexibility of the hose ..................................................... 34
89 6.9 Durability of suction hoses .................................................................................... 34
90 6.9.1 Primary hose testing ...................................................................................... 34
91 6.9.2 Secondary hose testing ................................................................................. 37
92 6.10 Ability to maintain air flow performance ................................................................. 37
93 6.10.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................... 38
94 6.10.3 Procedure ...................................................................................................... 38
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95 6.15 Airborne acoustical noise ...................................................................................... 38
96 6.16 Energy consumption ............................................................................................. 38
97 6.16.Z1 General ......................................................................................................... 38
98 6.16.1 Energy consumption when vacuuming carpets ............................................... 38
99 6.16.2 Energy consumption with vacuuming of hard floors and hard floors with100 crevices ......................................................................................................... 40
101 6.16.Z2 Energy consumption of cordless active nozzles ............................................. 41
102 6.Z2 Operational motor life-time test ............................................................................. 42
103 6.Z2.1 Purpose .............................................................................................................. 42
104 6.Z2.2 Test method ....................................................................................................... 42
105 6.Z3 Maximum operational power ................................................................................. 43
106 7 Modification to Clause 7, Test material and equipment .................................................. 43
107 7.1 General ................................................................................................................. 43
108 7.2 Material for tests ................................................................................................... 44
109 7.2.1 Test carpets .................................................................................................. 44
110 7.2.2 Standard test dust ......................................................................................... 45
111 7.2.3 Fibre material ................................................................................................ 48
112 7.2.4 Thread material ............................................................................................. 48
113 7.2.5 Moulding granules ......................................................................................... 48
114 7.2.6 Test cushion .................................................................................................. 48
115 7.2.Z1 Debris ............................................................................................................ 49
116 7.3 Equipment for tests ............................................................................................... 49
117 7.3.2 Test plate with crevice ................................................................................... 49
118 7.3.4 Hold-downs and guides ................................................................................. 49
119 7.3.7 Equipment for air data test ............................................................................. 49
120 7.3.8 Test equipment for determining the fractional filtration efficiency and
121 dust re-emission of the dry vacuum cleaner ................................................... 50
122 7.3.9 Device for motion resistance test ................................................................... 51
123 7.3.Z1 Total emissions test ....................................................................................... 51
124 7.3.Z2 Dust collecting box ........................................................................................ 52
125 7.3.Z3 Secondary hose test equipment ..................................................................... 53
126 8 Modification to Annex A, Annex A (informative) Information on materials ...................... 55
127 9 Modification to Annex B, Annex B (informative) Information at the point of sale ............ 56
128 10 Modification to Annex C ................................................................................................. 56
129 11 Addition of Annexes ....................................................................................................... 56
130 Annex ZA (normative) RSB Reference vacuum cleaner system ........................................ 57
131 ZA.1 Purpose of the RSB .............................................................................................. 57
132 ZA.2 General description of the RSB ............................................................................. 57
133 ZA.3 Specification of the RSB ....................................................................................... 58
134 ZA.4 Installation and use of the RSB ............................................................................. 59
135 ZA.5 Use of RSB for correction of DPU values .............................................................. 59
136 Annex ZB (normative) Maintenance of the RSB ................................................................ 60
137 ZB.1 Procedure for the adjustment at the manufacturer SLG ......................................... 60
138 ZB.2 Correction method for adjustment ......................................................................... 60
139 ZB.3 Recorded DPU values at re-adjustment................................................................. 61
140 ZB.4 Procedure for checking the air-technical data by the user ..................................... 62
141 Annex ZC (normative) Hard floor-board realization, floor support and floor pattern ........... 64
142 Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 65
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144 Figure 11 – Connecting tube opening .................................................................................... 27
145 Figure 12 – Test dust for loading dust receptacle .................................................................. 28
146 Figure Z.1 – Typical cylinder vacuum cleaner with primary hose ........................................... 35
147 Figure Z.2 – Typical upright vacuum cleaner with secondary hose (contour front and
148 back) .................................................................................................................................... 35
149 Figure Z.3 – Typical upright vacuum cleaner with secondary hose used for cleaning
150 curtains (left) and stairs (right). ............................................................................................. 35
151 Figure Z.4 – Interconnecting hose ......................................................................................... 36
152 Figure 19 – Equipment for repeated bending of hoses .......................................................... 36
153 Figure 20 – Representative remixer machine ........................................................................ 47
154 Figure Z.3 – Dust collection box ............................................................................................ 53
155 Figure Z.4 - Equipment for durability testing of secondary hoses .......................................... 54
156 Figure ZA.1 – RSB with passive and active nozzle and vacuum measuring box .................... 58
157 Figure ZC.1 – Plywood plate ................................................................................................. 64
158 Figure ZC.2 – Laying pattern for test surface ........................................................................ 64
159160 Table 1 – Cotton linters characteristics ................................................................................. 46
161 Table 2 – Grain size distribution: Type 3 mineral dust .......................................................... 47
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163 European foreword
164
165 This document (EN 60312-1:2017/prAA:2020) has been prepared by CLC/TC 59X "Performance
166 of household and similar electrical appliances".167
168 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
169
170 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to (dop) dor + 12 months
be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national standard
or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
171 This document modifies by common modifications of EN 60312-1:2017 which consists of the
172 text of IEC 6031-1:2010+A1:2011 by IEC/SC 59F ”Surface cleaning appliances”, of IEC/TC
173 59 ”Performance of household and similar electrical appliances”.174 Significant technical differences are:
175 a) rephrased Clause 4.6 on the operation of the dry vacuum cleaner;
176 b) new debris pick-up test for hard floor and carpet;
177 c) number of double strokes in the dust removal tests from carpets and hard floors with
178 crevices reduced from five to three;179 d) improvement of test with loaded dust receptacle in Clause 5.9;
180 e) inclusion of a new Clause 5.10 on total emissions while vacuum cleaning;
181 f) mew durability test for secondary hoses;
182 g) two normative Annexes on the description and maintenance of the reference vacuum
183 cleaner system RSB.184 This document has been prepared under a mandate M/540 given to CENELEC by the European
185 Commission and the European Free Trade Association.186 This document is foreseen as a supporting document for future Commission Delegated
187 Regulation on labelling and future Commission Regulation on ecodesign for vacuum cleaners.
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189 Vacuum cleaners for household use - Part 1: Dry vacuum cleaners -
190 Methods for measuring the performance
191
192
193 1 Modification to Clause 1, Scope
194 Add:
195 “A recommendation on information for the consumer at the point of sale is given in Annex B.”
196 2 Modification to Clause 2, Normative references197 Add:
198 “IEC/TS 62885-1, Surface cleaning machines – Part 1: Surface cleaning appliances – Part 1:
199 General requirements on test material and test equipment200 DIN 53734 , Testing of plastics; sieve analysis of powdered plastics with air-jet sieve
201 apparatus“202 Delete the following:
203 “ISO 554, Standard atmospheres for conditioning and/or testing – Specifications
204 ISO 1763, Carpets − Determination of number of tufts and/or loops per unit length and per unit
205 area206 ISO 1765, Machine-made textile floor coverings − Determination of thickness
207 ISO 1766, Textile floor coverings − Determination of thickness of pile above the substrate
208 ISO 2424, Textile floor coverings – Vocabulary209 ISO 2439, Flexible cellular polymeric materials – Determination of hardness (indentation
210 technique)211 ISO 3386-1, Polymeric materials, cellular flexible – Determination of stress-strain
212 characteristics in compression – Part 1: Low-density materials213 ISO 8543, Textile floor coverings – Methods for determination of mass”
214 3 Modification to Clause 3, Terms and definitions
215 Delete 3.9 “cleaning cycle”.
216 Replace 3.Z1 by:
217 “in-house reference vacuum cleaner
218 electrically operated laboratory equipment designated for internal comparison within a
219 laboratory”___________
Withdrawn.
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220 Delete 3.Z3 “battery operated active nozzle”
221 Add:
222 “3.Z4
223 cordless active nozzle
224 cleaning head provided on a mains-driven machine with an agitation device to assist dirt
225 removal driven by a battery-operated motor226 3.Z5
227 cylinder vacuum cleaner
228 portable dry vacuum cleaner having a nozzle separated from the cleaner housing by a hose;
229 in use, only the nozzle is guided over the surface area to be cleaned230 Note 1 to entry: These dry vacuum cleaners are generally floor-supported.
231 Note 2 to entry: The dry vacuum cleaner may have detachable passive or active nozzles, attachments, and tubes
232 for both floor and above the floor cleaning.233 3.Z6
234 forward stroke
235 forward movement of a stroke pattern
236 Note 1 to entry: On test carpets, forward strokes are carried out in the direction of the carpet pile (direction of
237 manufacturing that can be determined by respective marking on the back).238 3.Z7
239 hand-held cleaner
240 dry vacuum cleaner that will not be used on the floor by the user from an erect standing
241 position242 Note 1 to entry: However, the hand-held dry vacuum cleaner may be used on stairs from a standing position.
243 3.Z8244 maximum operational power
245 power level that the machine is not capable of exceeding in any operating condition set either
246 by the user or automatically by the appliance247 3.Z9
248 parallel pattern
249 stroke pattern where the forward strokes and the return strokes are congruent and are carried
250 out in the direction of the carpet pile (direction of manufacture) unless otherwise specified
251 3.Z10252 reference vacuum cleaner system RSB
253 electrically operated laboratory equipment intended to provide different laboratories with a
254 similarly constructed vacuum cleaner to measure the reference dust removal ability on carpets
255 for passive and active nozzles to improve the reproducibility of results256 Note 1 to entry: The RSB reference vacuum cleaner system may be used with active or passive nozzles.
257 Note 2 to entry: The RSB reference vacuum cleaner system is not intended for tests other than dust pick-up from
258 Wilton carpets.259 Note 3 to entry: The RSB reference vacuum cleaner system is described in Annex C. Adjustment of the RSB is
260 described in Annex D.261 Note 4 to entry: The RSB is required for measurements in accordance with legislation in the European Union.
262 3.Z11263 stroke
264 single traverse of the cleaning head over the test area
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265 3.Z12
266 test
267 entirety / superset of all trials and trial batches of all samples to be measured for a single
268 vacuum cleaner model269 3.Z13
270 trial
271 single instance of a performance measurement carried out under identical conditions that can
272 be repeated multiple times273 3.Z14
274 tube
275 rigid length or lengths of hollow pipe that connect the end of the hose to various vacuum cleaner
276 ac...
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