9. Maintenance and storage
This equipment, must be stored in a dry place at a
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temperature between -30°C and +60°C.
During transport and storage, protect the equipment
against all possible damage (cutting edges, direct eat
sources, chemical products, U.V., etc.).
10. Equipment compliance
TRACTEL SAS RD 619 – Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly
– F-10102 Romilly-sur-Seine France hereby declares
that the safety equipment described in this manual.
• complies with the requirements of European regulation
UE 2016/425 of March 2016.
• is identical to the PPE, having been subject to the
"CE"-type-examination certificate issued by the
Aliénor Certification - 21 rue Albert Einstein - 86100
CHATELLERAULT - FRANCE, identified under
the number 2754, and tested according to the EN
361/2002 standard for harnesses and EN 358/2018
standard for belts, EN 1497/2007 standard for rescue
harnesses.
• is subject to the procedure referred to in Annex VIII
of the EU Regulation 2016/425 of the European
Parliament, Module D, under the control of a notified
body: APAVE SUDEUROPE SAS – CS 60193 – 13322
Marseille – France, identified under the number 0082.
The marking on each product indicates:
a:
the trade name: Tractel
b:
the name of this equipment.
c:
the referenced standard.
d:
this equipment reference.
e:
CE Logo followed by the number 0082,
identification number of the approved body
responsible for production control.
f:
Year and month of manufacture.
g:
the serial number.
h:
a pictogram showing that the manual must
be read before use.
w:
Maximum operating load
For the HT R harnesses, an additional label is provided
near the anchorage D-ring for the rescue lanyard,
comprising:
i:
The trademark,
j:
The reference standard followed by the year of
application,
k:
A pictogram indicating that you must read the user
manual before use, a text indicating: for rescue
operations only.
ai: Size range in use.
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11. Marking
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12. Periodic inspection
An annual periodic inspection is required, but depending
on the frequency of use, environmental conditions
and regulations of the company or the country of use,
periodic inspections may be more frequent.
Periodic inspections should be carried out by an
authorised and competent technician, in compliance
with the manufacturer's instructions transcribed in the
file "Tractel
PPE inspection instructions".
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Confirmation of the legibility of the product markings
should be an integral part of the periodic inspection.
On completion of the periodic inspection, the return to
service must be indicated in writing by the authorised
and competent technician who carried out the
inspection. This return to service must be recorded on
the inspection sheet in the middle of this manual. This
inspection record should be retained throughout the
product's life cycle, up until it is recycled.
After arresting a fall, this product must undergo a
periodic inspection as described in the current article.
The product's textile components must be changed,
even though they may not display any visible changes.
13. Lifespan
Tractel
textile PPE equipment such as harnesses,
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lanyards, ropes and energy absorbers, Tractel
mechanical PPE equipment such as stopcable™ and
STOPFOR™ fall-arresters, blocfor™ self-retracting fall-
arresters, and the Tractel
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restrictions from their manufacturing date providing that
they are subject to:
– normal use in accordance with the recommendations
for use given in this manual.
– a periodic inspection, which must be performed at
least once a year by an approved and competent
technician. On completion of this periodic inspection,
it must be certified in writing that the PPE is fit to be
returned to service.
– strict compliance with the storage and transport
conditions contained in the current manual.
– as a general rule and subject to the application of the
conditions of use mentioned above, their lifespan may
exceed 10 years.
lifelines can be used without
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