Equipment Compliance; Periodic Inspection And Repair - Tractel blocfor ESD Instructions D'emploi

12. Equipment compliance

12. Equipment compliance
TRACTEL SAS RD 619 – Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly
– F-10102 Romilly-sur-Seine France hereby declares
that the safety equipment described in this manual,
• complies with the requirements of European Directive
89/686/EEC of December 1989.
•  i s identical to the PPE, having been subject to the
"CE"-type-examination certifi  cate issued by the
APAVE SUDEUROPE SAS – CS 60193 – 13322
Marseille–France,identifi  edunderthenumber0082,
and tested according to the 2002 EN 360 standard.
•  i s subject to the procedure referred to inArt. 11B of
Directive89/686/EEC,underthecontrolofanotifi  ed
body:APAVESUDEUROPESAS–CS60193–13322
Marseille–France,identifi  edunderthenumber0082.
13. Marking 13. Marking
Thelabeloneachblocfor™self-retractingfall-arrester
indicates:
a. The trade name: TRACTEL
b: The name of the product,
c: The reference standard followed by the year of
application,
d: The product reference: eg: 010642,
e. C ELogofollowedbythenumber0082,identifi  cation
number of the approved body responsible for
production control,
f. Year and week of manufacture,
g. The serial number,
h. A pictogram showing that the manual must be read
before use,
w. Maximum operating load,
aa. Date of the next periodic review,
ab. Minimum strength of anchor point.

14. Periodic inspection and repair

14. Periodic inspection and repair
An annual periodical inspection is required, but
depending on the frequency of use, environmental
conditions and regulations of the company or the
country of use, periodical inspections may be more
frequent.
Periodical inspections shall be carried out by an
approved and competent technician and in accordance
with the manufacturer's examination procedures as laid
downinthefi  le"Verifi  cationproceduresforTRACTEL
PPE".
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Verifi  cationofthelegibilityofthemarkingontheproduct
is an integral part of the periodical inspection.
Following the periodical inspection, a certifi  cate of
return to service must issued by the approved and
competent technician who performed the periodical
inspection. This return to service must be recorded on
the inspection sheet in the middle of this manual. This
inspection sheet should be retained throughout the life
of the product until it is scrapped.
After arresting a fall, this textile product must be
dismantled and destroyed, even if there is no visible
alteration.
15. Lifespan 15. Lifespan
TRACTEL textile PPE equipments as harnesses,
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lanyards, ropes and energy absorbers, TRACTEL
Mechanical PPE equipments as stopcable™ and
stopfor™ fall-arresters, blocfor™ self-retracting fall-
arresters, and the TRACTEL
without restrictions from their manufacturing date
providing that:
– A normal use is made in accordance with the
instructions manual,
– A periodical inspection, which must be accomplished
at least once a year by an approved and competent
technician. At the end of this periodical inspection, the
PPEmustbecertifi  edfi  ttoreturntoservice,inwriting,
– Instructions manual procedures for storage and
transport are strictly met.
16. Disposal 16. Disposal
When disposing of the product, all components must
be recycled with preliminary sorting of components
into metallic and synthetic materials. These materials
must be recycled by specialist bodies. During disposal,
dismantling to separate components should be
achieved by a duly trained person.
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