Malfunction
Diagnostics
Seizure: the
Cable damaged
safety wire
rope does not
slide in the fall
arrest device
BSA
Jaw mechanism
failure
Ballast weight not
correctly positioned
Wire rope entry or exit
holes are obstructed
or soiled
BSA fall
Distance (f) not
arrest device
observed
locks for a
suspended
platform
inclination
Wire rope worn
greater than
14°/horizontal
Jaws worn or seized,
or lever pin seized, or
return spring broken
Mounting part
connecting fall arrest
device to suspended
platform is bent
No locking
Jaws worn or seized,
action: fall
or lever pin (BSA)
arrest device
seized, or return
BSA does not
spring broken
lock
Wire rope worn
Sliding of roller
Roller seized
on wire rope
(*): Return to Tractel or approved repair agent.
11. Malfunctions
Corrective actions
Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- set the load on the ground,
- withdraw the wire rope from the unit,
- scrap the wire rope and replace it by a wire rope in
good condition,
- send back* the fall arrest device for inspection.
(1) Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- set the load on the ground,
- withdraw the wire rope from the unit,
- send back* the fall arrest device for inspection.
Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- position the ballast weight as instructed in the lifting
installation manual,
- perform functional checks on the fall arrest device as
instructed in §9.
Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- set the load on the ground,
- withdraw the wire rope from the unit,
- clean the wire rope holes on the unit,
- reinstall the wire rope in the unit,
- perform functional checks on the fall arrest device as
instructed in §9.
Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- modify lifting system to observe distance (f) as
instructed in §5.1,
- perform functional checks on the fall arrest device as
instructed in §9.
(2) Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- set the load on the ground,
- withdraw the wire rope from the unit,
- scrap the wire rope and replace it by a wire rope in
good condition.
See corrective action (1) above.
Immediately stop the manoeuvre
- set the load on the ground,
- replace mounting part by a part in good condition,
- perform functional checks on the fall arrest device as
instructed in §9.
See corrective action (1) above.
See corrective action (2) above.
See corrective action (1) above.
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