Designation:F595–01StandardTestMethodsforVacuumCleanerHose—DurabilityandReliability(All-PlasticHose)1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF595;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodscoverthedeterminationoftheeffectofanticipatedstressesandstrainsthatvacuumcleanerhoseswillreceiveinnormaluse.1.2Thesetestmethodsapplytoall-plastic,nonelectricvacuumcleanerhosesforhouseholduse.NOTE1—Forinformationonplasticwire-reinforced,nonelectricvacuumcleanerhosesforhouseholduse,refertoTestMethodF450.1.3Thesetestmethodsareindividualtestsasagreeduponbetweenthehosemanufacturerandthevacuumcleanermanu-facturer.1.4Thefollowingtestsareincluded:SectionTorsionalflex6Hotandcoldflexwithaging(optional)7Abrasion(externalsurface)(optional)8Flex9Pulltestonhosefittingswithaging10Crush111.5Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathmaticalconversionstoSIunits,whichareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D638TestMethodforTensilePropertiesofPlastics2D695TestMethodforCompressivePropertiesofRigidPlastics2F395TerminologyRelatingtoVacuumCleaners3F450TestMethodsforVacuumCleanerHoseforDurabil-ityandReliability(PlasticWireReinforced)43.Terminology3.1Definitions3.1.1RefertoTerminologyF395.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Thesetestmethodscanbeusedbybuyersofvacuumcleanerhosetospecifythetestcriteriathehosemustmeettobeacceptablefortheirpurposes.5.Sampling5.1Thesamplesizeshallbeonethatismutuallyagreeduponbetweenthehosemanufacturerandthe...
