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> All users must receive training, must acquire the competences of appropriate techniques,and must read the
technical notices beforehand. Observe all good practices and local and national regulations.
> Activities that involve working at height require physical abilities that are certied medically. These expose
the user to dangers that can cause severe injuries or death.
>Make sure there is an emergency rescue and evacuation plan to deal with any emergency that may arise
during the work.
> You personally agree to take responsibility for all risks of damage, injury or death that can occur following
the incorrect use of the equipment, regardless of the form. If you cannot take this responsibility, do not
use this device.
> The equipment should not be used beyond its limits,nor in any other situation than its intended use.
PART NOMENCLATURE:
Main materials: aluminium alloy,stainless steel, polyamide and plastic for the rope.
See diagram A.
INSPECTIONS, CHECKING POINTS:
WARNINGS:
In order to maintain the equipment safety level, by maintaining its resistance and efciency, inspect the device
periodically (the frequency will be established based on its use, and must be of at least once per year), and ll
in the identication sheet available in the annex, or a copy.
Also, the user should perform an inspection of the equipment before each use and while using it, in order to
make sure it is usable and that it functions correctly.
Besides the permanent functional check, periodical inspections should only be performed by a competent
person, and strictly observing the following inspection operational modes:
Keep this notice and visit taz3d.fr for updates to this notice; keep the product identication sheet during the
entire life of the product. Control the readability of the markings on the product.
If any of the following damages occurs, the product must be retired or sent back to TAZ.
Signs of corrosion that affect the parts (the signs do not disappear if you try to lightly sand them).
Absence of the locking effect while suspended on the ropes. (test this aspect on all the rope diameters that
you use.)
Cracks in any of the parts and/or the following faults:
> The two plates come in contact forcefully at the attachment point.
> The mobile sheave does not move freely and/or there is a clearance on its axle
> The xed sheave has a clearance on the xed plate.
> The clearance between the xed and mobile sheaves and the plate is higher than 1.2 mm (diagram H)
> Clearance between the rivets and the xed plate.
> The mobile plate is not locked by the head of the rivet (diagram A, 6) in its groove.
> The stoppers have a clearance.
> The push button does not come out of its groove because of the spring or because it is blocked; the mobile
plate may not lock (diagram D).
Friction wear on the sheaves caused by the rope:
> Degraded sheave guide grooves
> Holes in the sheave edges (hollow parts),
> The plates are perforated on the rope trajectory.
Sharp edges or burrs that can damage the rope or injure the user.
The handle fails to function.
The operator’s attachment point is thinner than 10 mm.
The handle tip comes out of the mobile sheave.
The locking cleat fails to function due to the spring – the device no longer locks on the rope in position.
The functional test fails: Absence of locking effect while suspended on the ropes (test this aspect on all the
rope diameters that you use.); the handle is no longer functional.
Moreover, if the descending device is installed at a workstation and left in place, protection against environ-
mental wear and tear must be used and checks must be performed accordingly.
If the cleat, the handle or the spring fails, contact TAZ.
Wear and tear of the rope: Pay special attention to the rope inspection and usage: the material the rope
is made of, polyamide,is very sensitive to cuts, friction,heat, UV rays,chemical products, solvents,paint, fuel,
and especially to acids (pay attention to batteries).
If any of the following damages occurs on the rope and/or its stitches, it must be retired or returned toTAZ.
> Visible signs of cuts or burns
> Yarns are coming out
> Visible non-identied stains
> No identication labels
> Lack of smoothness when handling it, breaking aspect
In case of a fall arrest, any element that makes up the system can be damaged.Therefore, retiring it is manda-
tory.A thorough inspection of the rope and of the SOVAR device, performed by a competent person,reported
on the identication sheet, will decide its future use (or retirement).
The rope is available as a spare part.
SET-UP AND COMPATIBILITIES:
The rope is Cousin EN 1891 :1998 classA Ø10,5 mm ref 1425 with its TAZ stopper knots, available as a spare
part. The quick links are Peguet brand, supplied with the tool and tightened with a thread locker. All modica-
tions, part changes,and repairs are forbidden outside theTAZ workshops.
To move/evacuate the person, the attachment on the anchor point and on the SOVAR device needs to be
performed uniquely by aluminium alloy locking connectors compliant with EN 362:2004.The user must tie a
gure-eight knot on the rope, then connect the person to an anchoring system that must meet good practice
requirements, rules and regulations afferent to rescue activity: EN 362:2004 connector attached to single or
multiple points of EN 1497 and EN 1498 straps or harnesses. The anchoring of the system must meet good
practice requirements,rules and regulations afferent to rescue activities EN 795.
If it is used as a self-rescue device (diagram J): connect the rope to the upper anchor using a gure-eight
knot through an EN 362:2004 automatic connector. Connect the user with a single EN 362:2004 automatic
connector on the two quick links of the adjustment device at the attachment point of his harness.
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