Specific Information - Kong Body futura Manual De Instrucciones

8 – SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The Personal Protective Equipment class III, 824.010
known as BODY FUTURA (fig. 1) is:
- a rope clamp, certified to EN 567:13 norm and UIAA
126 standards, and by inserting it onto textile ropes,
conforming to normes EN 564 (accessories ropes) or
EN 892 (dynamic ropes) or EN 1891 (semi-static ropes)
with a ø of between 8 and 13 mm, it will lock under
load in one direction being free to slide in the opposite
direction (direction of use),
- a working line ascender, certified to standard EN
12841:06 type B, designed for progression in ascent on
textile working ropes conforming to standard EN 1891
(semi-static ropes) with a ø of between 10 and 12 mm,
which must be compulsorily used with a fall arrester
device, conforming to standard EN 12841 type A or EN
353-2, inserted onto the safety rope (e.g. such as the
BACK-UP).
These devices work perfectly well with dry clean textile
ropes. Warning: the locking action can be considerably
reduced with dirty , oily, muddy or icy ropes, until it fails
to work altogether and the devices slides along the rope.
This chiefly occurs with ropes with small diameter: for this
reason we advise using a rope with a diameter of at least
10 mm. The special drilled tooth, helping to expel mud,
mitigates but not resolve the said problem. Warning :
it is essential not to use the rope clamp with wire ropes.
Fig. 1 – Terminology and principal materials used for the
parts: (A) Body in aluminium alloy, (B) Steel toothed cam,
(C) Safety device for the toothed cam in aluminium alloy,
(D) opening for the connection to the bottom harness, (E)
opening for the connection to the chest piece.
8.1 – CONNECTION TO THE HARNESS
Fig. 2 – Connect the BODY FUTURA:
- to the bottom harness with a quick link, inserted
between the opening (D) and the ventral attachment
point of the harness,
- to the upper part/chest part of harness
accessory cord or a connector, inserted between the
opening (E) and the attachment point of the upper part/
chest part of harness, keeping the clamp in vertical
position and close to the body in order to allow the slide
on the rope.
Warning: never use the rope clamp without connecting it
to the upper part/chest part of harness (fig. 3).
8.2 – POSITIONING ONTO THE ROPE
Fig. 4 – How to fit the BODY FUTURA onto the:
- turn and lock the tooth into the open position taking the
safety device to the outside of the BODY FUTURA,
- insert the BODY FUTURA onto the rope checking that
it lies in the direction marked on the equipment,
- release the tooth, pressing it towards the rope,
- make sure that safety device is positioned on the inside
of the BODY FUTURA and prevents the tooth from fully
opening.
In conditions of absolutely safety, before using the BODY
FUTURA, verify that:
- it is positioned in parallel with the rope,
- it slides in the right direction (upwards),
- It locks in the other direction (downwards) - Fig. 5.
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