Associated Products; Installation - Tractel derope STD Manuel D'installation, D'emploi Et D'entretien

4.4. Rope
DANGER: Only the Tractel
the descender is approved for use with the Tractel
derope™ descender. This rope can be supplied in
lengths of 10 to 400 m in accordance with the Tractel
sales conditions.

5. Associated products

5.1. Body harnesses and straps
– Fall arrest harness compliant with standard EN 361.
The person to be rescued must be connected to the
fall-arrest fastening points. A fall-arrest fastening point
is marked with an A when it can be used alone, or
with an A/2 when it must be used in combination with
another fall-arrest point marked with an A/2.
– Safety harness or safety strap compliant with
standards EN 1497 or EN 1498. The person to be
rescued must be connected to the rescue fastening
point identified by a label placed near the fastening
point.
5.2. Anchoring devices
– The anchoring devices must satisfy the requirements
of standards EN 795. These must be capable of
safely handling a minimum load of 10 kN (1 ton).
– The derope™ UP R descender is specially designed
and approved for mounting on a leg of the Tractel
tracpode rigging tripod.
DANGER: Any similar use with a tripod of another
source is strictly prohibited.
5.3. Double in-line pulley
– Pulley equipped with two aligned sheaves, designed
for evacuation on a tensioned rope.
5.4. Multi-anchoring plate
– The multi-anchoring plate is used to fasten several
connectors to a single fastening point. The plate
allows orienting and distributing the load during
rescue operations.
5.5. Drill / Driver
– Minimum 300 W Drill / driver can be used for
derope™ UP to assist the operator during evacuation
from above.
– When using a cordless drill / driver, it must have a
minimum 14 V battery to be powerful enough for this
operation.
rope supplied with
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6.1. Preliminary requirements prior
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1. The derope™ descender must only be installed by
2. The derope™ descenders must only be installed
6.2. Checks before installation
carried out in advance whenever use of the
derope™ descender may be considered, to avoid
an emergency situation which would prevent you
from carrying out the checks.
1. Visual check of host structure:
– Fastening point for derope™ STD and UP A
– Ladder for derope™ UP B and UP K descenders:
– Tractel
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2. Visually inspect rope along its entire length, and at
3. Functionally check the descender by manually
4. Check that the casings are in good condition: these
5. Check the connectors: these should show no signs
6. Check the brackets used with the derope™ UP B

6. Installation

to installation
a trained, skilled technician.
and used in compliance with the laws and
regulations of the country in which they are used.
DANGER: The checks detailed below must be
descenders: compliant with standard EN 795, or
having minimum capacity of 10 kN (1 ton).
– Uprights show no bending, and are correctly
secured to wall: minimum capacity of 10 kN (1 ton).
– Bars on which bracket is to be installed should not
show any signs of deformation.
tracpode rigging tripod for derope™ UP R
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descenders.
– Telescopic legs show no signs of deformation or
bending.
– Rubber shoes present on all legs.
– Idler pulley present at tracpode tripod head.
– No signs of deformation, corrosion of tracpode
tripod head.
– Rope anti-jump pin present on idler pulley.
its ends, to ensure the integrity of the rope sheath
and the regularity of its diameter.
moving the rope in the device over a minimum
length of 1 m in both directions to make sure that
the resistance during movement increases with the
speed of movement.
should show no signs of significant damage; all
markings should be present and legible.
of deformation or corrosion, and should close and
lock correctly.
/ UP K / UP R descenders: these should show no
signs of deformation or corrosion, and should lock
correctly.
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