Designation:F953−14AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforCommercialDishwashingMachines(StationaryRack,DumpType)ChemicalSanitizing1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF953;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversmanuallyfed,spray-type,sta-tionaryrack,automaticallycontrolled,dumptype,chemicalsanitizingcommercialdishwashingmachines.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A240SpecificationforChromiumandChromium-NickelStainlessSteelPlate,Sheet,andStripforPressureVesselsandforGeneralApplicationsA276SpecificationforStainlessSteelBarsandShapesA554SpecificationforWeldedStainlessSteelMechanicalTubingA582/A582MSpecificationforFree-MachiningStainlessSteelBarsB127SpecificationforNickel-CopperAlloy(UNSN04400)Plate,Sheet,andStripF760SpecificationforFoodServiceEquipmentManualsF1696TestMethodforEnergyPerformanceofSingle-Rack,Door-TypeCommercialDishwashingMachines2.2OSHAStandard:3Title29,CodeofFederalRegulations(CFR),ChapterXVII,Part19102.3NSFStandards:4NSF/ANSI3CommercialWarewashingEquipmentNSF/ANSI29DetergentandChemicalFeedersforCom-mercialSpray-TypeDishwashingMachinesNSFListingFoodEquipment2.4ULStandards:5UL921CommercialDishwashersUL969MarkingandLabelingSystems2.5ASSEStandard:6Std.No.1004PerformanceRequirementsforBackflowPreventionRequirementsforCommercialDishwashingMachines3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1commercialdishwashingmachines—machinesthatuniformlywash,rinse,andsanitizeeatinganddrinkinguten-sils.Themachinesshallbecapableofremovingphysicalsoilandsanitizingmultipleuseeatinganddrinkingutensils.Thedishwashingmachinesnormallyco...