IEC/ASTM 62885-6:2023 is applicable for measurements of the performance of mains-operated and cordless wet hard floor cleaning appliances for household or similar use. In the case of appliances with combined functionality, this document only addresses the wet cleaning functionality.
The purpose of this document is to specify essential performance characteristics of wet hard floor cleaning appliances that are of interest to users and to describe methods for measuring these characteristics.
This document is not intended for cleaning appliances according to IEC 60335-2-79 and robotic wet hard floor cleaning appliances.
For safety requirements, reference is made to IEC 60335-1, IEC 60335-2-2, IEC 60335-2-10, and IEC 60335-2-54.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2018. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Expanded the Scope to include cordless cleaners.
b) Changed definition for "cleaning width" to "track cleaning width" in 3.7 and provided instructions for determining "track cleaning width" in 4.7.4.
c) Changed "runtime" definition to "battery runtime" in 3.22.
d) Added IKW soil instructions, and also a penalty factor calculation with correction examples for products designed with cleaning gaps to section 5.1 "Stain cleaning efficiency of hard flat floors".
e) Retitled 5.2 "Dirt pickup test" to "Soil cleaning efficacy of hard flat floors" and added comprehensive instructions for executing the method.
f) Added section 5.3 "Battery runtime" procedure patterned after IEC 62885-4 cordless standard.
g) Modified Test soils in 7.2.2. to add IKW and Akzo-Nobel soils.