Tractel stopfor B Instructions D'emploi Et D'entretien page 14

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,
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• complies with the requirements of European
regulation UE 2016/425 of March 2016,
• is identical to the PPE, having been subject to the
"CE"-type-examination certificate issued by the
APAVE SUDEUROPE SAS – CS 60193 – 13322
Marseille – France, identified under the number
0082, and tested according to standard EN 353-2
of 2002,
• is subject to the procedure referred to in Annex VIII
of the EU Regulation 2016/425 of the European
Parliament, Module D, under the control of a
notified body:
APAVE SUDEUROPE SAS - CS 60193 - 13322
Marseille - France, identified by the number 0082.
The marking of each product indicates:
a: the trade name: Tractel®.
b: the name of this equipment.
c: the referenced standard.
d: this equipment reference.
e: the CE Logo followed by the number 0082,
identification number of the approved body
responsible for production control.
f: the year and month of manufacture.
g: the serial number.
h: a pictogram showing that the manual must be
read before use.
i : an arrow indicating the direction of use.
k : the location of the anchor line.
m: the type of belay system to be used exclusively.
Stranded rope: stranded rope.
halyard: halyard.
n: the diameter of the belay system to be used.
w. Maximum operating load.
14. Periodic inspection and repair
An annual periodic inspection is required, but
depending on the frequency of use, environmental
conditions and regulations of the company or the
country of use, periodic inspections may be more
frequent.
Periodic inspections should be carried out by an
authorised and competent technician, in compliance
with the manufacturer's instructions transcribed in the
file: "Tractel® PPE inspection instructions".
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13. Marking
Confirmation of the legibility of the product markings
should be an integral part of the periodic inspection.
On completion of the periodic inspection, the return to
service must be indicated in writing by the authorised
and competent technician who carried out the
inspection. This return to service must be recorded on
the inspection sheet in the middle of this manual. This
inspection record should be retained throughout the
product's life cycle, up until it is recycled.
After arresting a fall, this product must undergo a
periodic inspection as described in the current article.
The product's textile components must be changed,
even though they may not display any visible change.
15. Lifespan
Tractel® textile PPE equipment such as harnesses,
lanyards, ropes and energy absorbers, Tractel®
mechanical PPE equipment such as stopcable™ and
stopfor™ fall-arresters, blocfor™ self-retracting fall-
arresters, and the Tractel® lifelines can be used
without restrictions from their manufacturing date
providing that they are subject to:
– normal
use in
recommendations for use given in this manual,
– a periodic inspection, which must be performed at
least once a year by an approved and competent
technician. On completion
inspection, it must be certified in writing that the
PPE is fit to be returned to service,
– strict compliance with the storage and transport
conditions contained in the current manual.
As a general rule and subject to the application of the
conditions of use mentioned above, their lifespan may
exceed 10 years.
16. Withdrawal from service
When disposing of the product, all components must
be recycled by firstly sorting them into metallic and
synthetic materials. These materials must be recycled
by specialist bodies. During disposal, dismantling and
separating the components should be undertaken by
a duly trained person.
accordance with the
of this periodic