IEC 62512:2012提供了一种全球适用且一致认可的方法来测试洗衣干衣机的洗涤和干燥功能。虽然该标准基于IEC 61121:2012关于滚筒式干衣机和IEC 60456:2010关于洗衣机，但它规定了测试洗涤和烘干组合功能所需的条件。本标准的主要内容是: -在连续和中断操作循环中待测试的负载的定义； -用于测试干燥循环的自动和非自动操作的方法； -处理中断操作循环的负载的方式； -应用于连续和中断操作循环测试结果的校正。

IEC 62512:2012 provides a globally applicable and agreed method to test the washing and drying function of washer-dryers. Although this standard is based on IEC 61121:2012 on tumble dryers and IEC 60456:2010 on clothes washers, it specifies the conditions needed to test the combined function of washing and drying. The main elements of this standard are:
- the definition of the loads to be tested in continuous and interrupted operation cycles;
- the method for testing automatic and not automatic operation of the drying cycles;
- the way to handle the load for interrupted operation cycles;
- the correction to be applied to test results for continuous and interrupted operation cycles.