ISO/TS 21868:2023 テキスタイル床材 — メンテナンスとクリーニングの最先端 | ページ 2

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 219, Floor coverings.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/TS 21868:2021), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

• clarifications to the terms and definitions were added;
• clarifications to the requirements were added;
• Table 1 “Fibre identification burn test” was deleted.

Introduction

This document is designed for legislators, related enterprise associations, textile floor coverings manufacturers, and textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning enterprises to develop their own specific textile floor covering maintenance or/and cleaning standards or procedures in accordance with the local conditions. Due to diversity of different regions in climates, customs and developing levels in the world, it is extremely difficult to create a specific textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning standard as a template which is globally workable. In addition, the factors which impact the result of cleaning are so abundant and the combinations of these factors are so tremendous that particular programmes are necessary to acquire the best result of textile floor covering cleaning.

This guidance standard manages to list all the factors which affect the final results of cleaning, against which legislators, relative enterprises associations and textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning enterprises are able to establish the above-mentioned particular programmes (procedures or criteria) in their standards accordingly. Therefore, this standard is not intended to be used by end-users to perform any specific maintenance and cleaning jobs.

This comprehensive guidance standard is intended to pave the way for legislators and related enterprise associations to establish specific standards for:

• regulating the development of the textile floor covering cleaning industry,
• promoting the development of the textile floor covering cleaning detergent and equipment industry,
• improving textile floor covering cleaning techniques, and
• improving sales of textile floor coverings,

since specific textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning standards are still absent in most nations.

1 Scope

This document gives guidelines for the development of specific textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning standards, procedures and criteria to reflect local specific conditions. This document specifies the factors which will impact the final results of textile floor covering cleaning, defining maintenance and cleaning terms to highlight differences. It establishes textile floor covering maintenance and cleaning as achieving a low-cost, non-residue and environmentally friendly cleaning under the premise of maximizing the use value of textile floor covering.

2 Normative references

There are no normative references in this document.

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

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