Product Manual

The carabiner located on the abseiling device is hooked into the eye of the anchor point and secured
with the swivel nut. The textile rope is lowered coil-free to the ground. The abseiling is also possible if the
rope stock remains on the platform.
The rescue rope must be inserted into the AG 10 Hoist A so that the carabiner on the end of the rope is
located on the device side opposite to the aluminium shackle. The rescue rope must be able to freely run
in and out at the rope entry and rope exit points of the abseiling device.
Avoid abseiling over sharp edges whenever possible and maintain and adequate distance from the wall
(approx. 2 ft) in order to make the abseiling process easier. An edge protection device should be placed
under the rope to protect the rope when an adequate spacing distance cannot be maintained.
Note: It must be ensured that the persons involved in the rescue are always secured during the entire
rescue process; i.e. if a railing is not available, the persons must be secured, for example, by way of a
full-body harness, connecting devices and energy absorbers.
3. Rescue of casualties
Hoisting function
The persons must wear a full-body harness or rescue harness (observe the respective instructions for use.
After the AG 10 Hoist A has been secured above the casualty as described, the carabiner at the rope termination
(located on the left of the cleat) must be hooked into the chest or back eye on the full body harness of the
casualty and secured with the swivel nut.
The rope between the abseiling device and the person to be lowered/hoisted must be a slack rope; the free rope
on the other side must be pulled downward with force. The free rope is deflected by inserting it into the alumi-
nium shackle so that it can be clamped in the cam cleat.
The handle is retracted from the handwheel and the handwheel is then rotated in the ‘UP’ direction in order to
hoist the casualty up to a safe recovery platform or up to a point where the casualty can be released from his
fall protection device.
The rope located in the cam cleat must be kept tight during the hoisting of the casualty with the hand crank
in order to prevent an unintentional descend.
Abseiling function- abseiling of the casualty person
Fold the handle back into the handwheel. Pull the rope located in the cam cleat out of the cam cleat and lower
the casualty. The rope removed from the cam cleat must be guided during the abseiling process by allowing it
to lightly slip through the hand. The rope must be lead through the aluminum shackle during the whole abseiling
process.
The descending speed will be controlled automatically by a centrifugal force brake (standard speed of approx.
2.3ft/s). It is also possible to interrupt the descend by braking (holding) the upward travelling rope with the
hand.
Note: It must be ensured that the rope travelling upwards during the abseiling process does not catch or hook
on the structure and consequently interrupt the abseiling process Attention should be given to the avoidance of
obstacles during the abseiling process.
The rope must be lead throught the aluminium shackle during the whole abseiling process, to reduce the required
strength during the maual stop.
4. Alternatives for recovering the rescuer
Simultaneous recovery of rescuer and casualty
The rescuer can descend simulatenously with the casualty when the rope reserve is already located on the ground.
This process is only permitted up to a maximum abseiling height of 328 ft.