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According to the EU Regulation 2016/425.
FIELD OF APPLICATION: Personal Protection Equipment (Class 3): A fall arrest PPE, LOV2 is a self-locking
descender, safety device (Chapter 1) and a braking device (Chapter 2). It has been designed and manufactured
for rope access. Current intended use: descending and, exceptionally, fall arrest, while used on specific ropes.
CHAPTER 1 / EN 12841: 2006 TYPE A AND C
REGULATORY INFORMATION: EN 12841: 2006. Type A and C. For a maximum nominal load of
120kg, used with ropes compliant with the EN 1891:1998 Class A standard, with a diameter
of 10≤Ø≤11mm.
Type A devices are designed to be used within safety systems in order to stop a fall should
another working safety device or one of its parts fail. However, in extreme circumstances, such
as the failure of a working device or its parts during an incorrect use of the system, the type A
devices can intervene in order to stop a limited
fall.
LOV2 is a type A and C rope adjusting device, designed to stop a fall or to descend on a rope, for a single
person.
Used as a type A adjusting device, it must be used as an addition to an adjusting device on type B and / or
type C ropes, on a separate rope. The additional progression system with its own anchor point must always be
positioned correctly, and the work must be executed so that any fall risks are reduced.
Used as a type C adjusting progression device. When loaded with the user's weight, it becomes a working
device, that must be used in addition of a type A rope adjusting device, on a separate rope, in order to provide
the user with optimal safety.
The additional fall arrest system, with its own anchor point, must always be correctly positioned, and the work
must be executed so that any fall risks are reduced.
WARNINGS:
> All activities that involve working at height need a preliminary risk assessment. It is mandatory to minimize
the fall factors, but also check the free space required under the user in the working area before each pos-
sible use, so that in case of a fall, there is no risk of a ground fall, neither any obstacles on the fall trajectory.
> It is mandatory to tie a stopper knot at the free end of the rope.
> Caution: do not affect the safety function of any of the devices by the safety function of other devices.
> A fall arrest harness is the only body protection device that can be used in a fall arrest system.
> Ropes must be semi-static type A ropes compliant with EN 1891, and having the above-mentioned diameter.
> The harness must be compliant with EN 361, and max. 12cm long connectors in conformity with EN 362
must be self-locking.
> The attachment must be done on a single attachment point of the adjusting device on one side, and on the
holding work point or the fall arrest point of the harness, on the other side.
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> All users must receive training, must acquire the competences of appropriate techniques, and must
read the technical notices beforehand. Observe all good practices and local and national regulations.
> Activities that involve working at height require physical abilities that are certified medically. These
expose the user to dangers that can cause severe injuries or death.
> If necessary, organise an emergency rescue and evacuation plan.
> You agree to personally take responsibility for all risks of damage, injury or death that can occur following
the incorrect use of the equipment, regardless of the form. If you cannot take this responsibility, do not
use this device.
> The equipment should not be used beyond its limits, nor in any other situation than its intended use.
PART NOMENCLATURE
Main materials: aluminium alloy, stainless steel, and plastic.
See diagram A.
INSPECTIONS, CHECKING POINTS
WARNINGS:
In order to maintain the equipment safety level, by maintaining its resistance and efficiency, inspect the device
periodically (the frequency will be established based on its use, and must be of at least once per year), and fill
in the identification sheet available in the annex, or a copy.
Also, the user should perform an inspection of the equipment before each use and while using it, in order to
make sure it is usable and that it functions correctly.
Besides the permanent functional check, periodical inspections should only be performed by a competent
person, and strictly observing the following inspection operational modes:
Keep this notice and visit taz3d.fr for updates to this notice; keep the product identification sheet during the
entire life of the product. Control the readability of the markings on the product.
If any of the following damages occurs, the product must be retired or sent back to TAZ.
Signs of corrosion that affect the parts (the signs does not disappear if you try to lightly sand them).
Absence of the locking effect while suspended on the ropes. (test this aspect on all the rope diameters that
you use.)
Cracks in any of the parts and/or the following faults:
> The two plates come in contact forcefully at the attachment point.
> The mobile sheave does not move freely and/or there is a clearance on its axle.
> The fixed sheave has a clearance on the fixed plate.
> The clearance between the mobile sheave and the fixed plate is higher than 5 mm
> Clearance between the rivets and the fixed plate.
> The mobile plate is not locked by the head of the rivet
> The stoppers have a clearance.
Friction wear on the sheaves caused by the rope
> Degraded sheave guide grooves
> Holes in the sheave edges (hollow parts)
(diagram
D).
in its groove.
(diagram A, (6))
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