April 16 news, the National Standardization Management Committee recently approved the release of the revised national standard for washing machine products GB/T 4288-2018 "home and similar electric washing machine" (hereinafter referred to as 'standard'), the standard will be 2018 Formally implemented on the 1st of the month.
Yue Jingsong, director of the Laboratory of Washing Performance at the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, detailed the criteria for the preparation of standards in the GB/T 4288-2018 New Standards for Washing Machine Technology Seminar organized by the Institute of Test and Measurement Technology of China Household Electrical Appliances Institute and the “Appliance Technology” magazine. And main technical content: This standard revision proposes three core indicators: 'cleaning performance', 'rinsing performance', and 'wear performance' based on the clear scope of application of this standard. The central idea of the standard revision is 'washing the washing machine'. The barrel (bucket) effective volume 'as the basis of the test, in order to objectively evaluate the above three core indicators.
The reporter learned that the standard not only regulates the evaluation methods of 'core indicators', but also considers adjusting relevant technical indicators such as power consumption, water consumption, shutdown/standby power, annual power consumption, vibration and other indicators. On this basis, clearly labeling content and labeling methods to ensure the publicity and symmetry of product consumption information.
Lu Jianguo, director of the Institute of Test and Measurement Technology at the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, pointed out that the implementation of the standard will further curb the phenomenon of false labeling by washing machine manufacturers, which will help guide the healthy development of the washing machine industry. The standard will be convenient for ordinary consumers to purchase in compliance with their own Use the required washing machine product.