KRATOS SAFETY LIFT RES-Q FA 70 201 00 Manual Del Usario página 16

Always fix this product to an anchor device before descending. The device's anchoring point must be positioned above the user and
must comply with standard EN795:2012 (R>12kN).
Descender function :
This function enables lowering 1 or 2 people at a controlled speed by means of 2 fly wheel brakes operating in both directions
(speed ca 0.8m/sec).
Recovery function :
This function enables upward evacuation of a victim through intermediary of the rescuer using the hand wheel. The lifting speed is
controlled by means of 2 fly wheel brakes operating in both direction (speed ca 0.8m/sec).
Control descent or stop descent function :
Using the eye bolts, you can control the descent speed or stop the descent. The longer, unloaded rope end runs through the eye
bolts. If you hold on to the longer rope end, you can throttle the descent speed or stop the descent. If you don't use the eye bolts,
the descent speed will be regulated automatically by two fly wheel brakes (speed ca. 0.8m/sec).
If you are using the descender as a shuttle system, make sure that you use the eye bolts correctly.
Standard rule: Only run the unloaded, longer rope end through the eye bolts!
Warning ! If you run the shorter rope end through the eye bolt (shorter rope end = loaded rope end, on which a person is suspend-
ed) the descent will be blocked and the person cannot be lowered to the ground.
Here under 3 different examples of usage of Lift Res-Q:
1°) Descending two or more persons from a higher to a lower position (shuttle system):
With Lift Res-Q, two or more persons can be lowered with the shuttle system.
Example: Two people are working on an aerial work platform (AWP) as they notice that it is blocked and they are stuck. They will
both descend using Lift Res-Q as a shuttle system. Shuttle systems means as many persons as necessary can descend with one
descender device.
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2°) Rescuing an injured person hung in the harness by lifiting, unhooking from the fall arrest device and then descending
using Lift Res-Q:
Example: Two people are working on a scaffolding. They are secured by fall protection equipment. Suddenly, 1 person slips and
falls, secured by his fall arrest system.
The rescuer immediately fixes the karabiner of the shorter rope end of Lift Res-Q to an anchor point on the scaffolding using
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an anchorage lanyard. Then he fixes the karabiner of the descender device Lift Res-Q onto his harness (cf. Fig. 2).
First hook the karabiner of Lift Res-Q in the lanyard which has been mounted
on the basket of the AWP (cf. Fig. 1). Then attach the karabiner of the shorter
rope end to the harness of the 1st user. The longer, unloaded rope end re-
mains in the packaging. Proceed with the descent. When the 1st user reaches
the ground, he can unhook himself from the karabiner.
Now the 2nd person pulls any remaining rope through the descend-
er until the karabiner of the long rope end is near the descender.
He can now hook himself onto this karabiner and begin his descent.
Attention: Avoid slack rope!
During the descent, the first user's karabiner goes up (and could be used by a
third person). Down at the ground, the 2d person unhooks himself. That's how the
shuttle system works.
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