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SPECIFIC INFORMATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Summary
This product is intended for use to protect and prevent against risks of falling from above in industry, in construction
work, in rescue and, more generally, for any application of work at a height.
Use
Figure 1: INSTALLATION OF THE ROPE
-
the operator slides with the descender along the rope) or it can be fastened to an anchor (
- the rope slides
).
end (
rope. If the rope has not been inserted correctly the descender will not be able to perform its function and will
hence be of no use.
Figure 3: OPERATIONAL CHECK
by other means. Additionally it is essential to assess the reliability and security of the entire safety system you
preventing ill running of the descender, redundancy, etc. - and to tie a stopper knot at the free end of the rope. Any
overload or dynamic loading of the descender may damage the rope.
Figure 4: DESCENT
). This unblocks
is high enough the descent will be stopped entirely (
stopped automatically (
). To prevent
the rope, passing it through the connecting carabiner and catching with the bight the entire descender (
).
Figure 5: ACCOMPANIED DESCENT
additional lanyard. Obligatory is the use of a supplementary braking carabiner as well as the use of gloves.
WARNING: With speeds above 1 m/s during rescue operations the descender may get hot enough to damage the
line.
Primary function of the descender is progression along a working line, and is not suitable for use in a fall arrest
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