Recapitulation table
Use
Fall-arrester
EN 353-2
EN 12841/A
Positioning
EN 358
EN 12841/B
EN 567
UIAA 104
16.3 - Positioning
With "BACK-UP" in front of you, in the same position as
figure 10:
- choose function mode ("FREE MODE" o "LOCK
MODE") operating the lever (see point 5.2),
- open the device by rotating anti-clockwise the revol-
ving face,
- insert the device on the "Static rope lanyard" or on the
"No-cut lanyard",
- close the device by rotating clockwise the revolving
face,
Lanyard/rope
Mode
type and ø
"Static rope lanyard"
FREE MODE
ø 10–11–12 mm
"Static rope lanyard"
ø 10–11–12 mm
LOCK
MODE
Static rope lanyard"
ø 10–11–12 mm
"No cut lanyard"
DO NOT OVERPASS THE "BACK UP" (fig. 6B – 6C)
POTENTIAL FALL IS LESS THAN 0.5 m (fig. 6A)
ø 12 mm
- insert the "Oval kl" (screw/twist lock) connector into the
eyelet of the "BACK-UP", hook it up to the harness (as
decrypted in point 5.2) and screw up firmly it's safety
sleeve,
- check that in "FREE MODE" the device slides freely
up and down and in "LOCK MODE" slides only upwards
and locks downwards. Warning: do not insert the device
on the rope in any other way, for example as in fig. 11:
risk of death!
16.4 - Examples of correct/incorrect and dangerous
ways of using "BACK UP"
(symbol) Beware of death
DO NOT USE
SIMPLE LONGES (fig. 4)
AND MAKE SURE THAT HEIGHT OF A
LOAD BACK-UP
ON CONNECTOR ONLY (fig. 8-9)