In a competitive market separating your product from the competition has never been more important. Whether your product removes dust from floor surfaces better than others, provides high efficiency filtration to hold onto the dust that has been removed, uses less energy or is lighter and more maneuverable, our experienced state-of-the-art third-party testing validates your design.
Why choose vacuum cleaner testing services from SGS?
With over 40 years of experience, our filtration lab is a trusted provider of expert testing services for the filtration industry. Our experts have been actively involved in developing vacuum cleaner standards for over 30 years. Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by A2LA since 2000, we ensure the highest standards of quality and reliability across various industries.
We enable you to:
- Comprehensively assess filtration efficiency and dust re-emissions for the vacuum cleaner and filter(s)
- Guarantee optimal operating performance on both carpets and hard surfaces
- Ensure compliance with diverse international vacuum cleaner standards, such as those from ASTM and IEC
- Stay updated and compliant with EU regulations, ensuring a seamless market entry
- Benefit from extensive expertise in testing vacuum cleaners and filters across diverse applications
Comprehensive vacuum testing services for a range of standards
We provide vacuum cleaner testing for the following standards:
- ASTM F420-04: vacuum cleaner furniture access depth
- ASTM F558: portable vacuum cleaner air performance
- ASTM F608: vacuum cleaner dust removal from carpet
- ASTM F820: central vacuum cleaner air performance
- ASTM F888: functional volume of the dust receptacle
- ASTM F1284: central vacuum cleaner dust removal from carpet
- ASTM F1977: fractional efficiency of vacuums
- ASTM F2105: Motor/Fan systems air performance
- ASTM F2607: vacuum cleaner hard floor surface cleaning ability
- ASTM F2608: total dust emissions while vacuuming
- ASTM F2609: litter (fiber) removal from carpet
- ASTM F2756: vacuum cleaner energy consumption
- ASTM F2797: vacuum cleaner edge cleaning
- ASTM F3150: vacuum cleaner HEPA filtration system performance
- EN 60312-1: vacuum cleaner performance for European ecodesign regulations
- IEC 62885-2 and -4: vacuum cleaner performance test methods
- IEC 60335-2-69 Annex AA: requirements for vacuum cleaners designed to collect hazardous dusts