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SAFETY
Rope system safety
The rope system must consist of a primary-
rope (1) and a secondary back-up rope
(2), both must be approved according to
EN1891 and have a diameter of 10-13mm.
The two ropes must have separate
anchor points that must hold at least 15 kN
each. A competent person shall judge if the
separate anchor points are sucient.
National regulations may require more.
The product ascends on the primary rope. If
any part of the load carrying system should
break then the load is immediately transfer-
red to the secondary rope which, together
with the fall arrester (3) according to EN
353-2, provides a fall arrest system.
Rope characteristics are an important
issue when using the ascender. Ropes with
characteristics not suitable for the ascender
might, in the worst-case scenario, result in a
jam between the rope grab and the knife,
with a damaged rope as a consequence.
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1
2
Do not use the Ascender without a backup
system.
The lifting capacity of the ascender is higher
than the Safe Working Load (SWL) of the most
common fall arrest devices. Therefore, when
lifting a load it may be necessary with separate
fall arrest system(s) for the load. See the user’s
manual of the fall arrest device to nd out the
SWL.
DANGER
The dead rope must be unloaded. Do not build
cableways using the primary rope as shown in
the picture.
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