Product Manual

8. Inspection
a.) Normal application
The rescue equipment must be inspected by the manufacturer or a qualified person at least 1 x year.
In the case of numerous use or greater stressing (e.g. environmental or industrial factors affecting the materials),
the complete abseiling equipment should be subjected to inspection at an accordingly higher frequency.
The abseiling equipment must be inspected by the manufacturer after every use for rescue (not training)!
After 1000 m descending work the device must be inspected by the manufacturer or a qualified person authorized
by the manufacturer. Also the rope must be inspected after 100m descending work.
b.) inspection of devices used at training facilities
On account of the numerous use of the device during trainings it is an obligation, that the device is visually
examinated by an expert prior to each use. The enclosed reference sheet of the manufacturer for the execution of
the visual examination is to be considered.
Additional it is also an obligation to make a Service inspection (opening the device) on devices which are used for
trainings considering the following Service inspection intervals by a expert (a trained coach).
Service inspection intervals specified by the manufacturer
DESCENDING
Device usage Service inspection interval Rope inspection interval
Exclusively descending with one person after 1000m descending work After 1000m of free
maximum descending load 110 kg2, descending, i.e. the rope does
maximum descending height 400 m not run over an edge or similar.
Permanent descending with 2 persons After every 2nd descent
maximum descending load 225 kg,
maximum descending height 100 m
Permanent descending with 2 persons, After every 2nd descent After every 2nd descent
maximum descending load 225 kg,
maximum descending height 100m
HOISTING
Device usage Service inspection interval Rope inspection interval
Maximum hoisting load 110 kg 8m 8m
Maximum hoisting height 8 m
Example: Hoisting of 1x8m with a 110kg load inspection necessary
Hoisting of 10x0.8m with, in each case a 110 kg load inspection necessary
All stated limited values for the inspection intervals apply only for devices and ropes that do not show signs of
wear, If there are noticeable signs of wear on the device or rope that do not make the withdrawl from use of
the device/rope necessary, the inspection intervals must be shortened, i.e. all the stated guidelines
values (meter data) must be halved in this case.
A general requirement is that the device must be inspected after every training unit on a day before the next use,
even if the aforementioned limit values for the inspection intervals were not reached during the previous trainging
unit.
A device inspection is required before a change between the pure descending training and the training of the hoisting
function even if the aforementioned limit values have not yet been reached. A summation of the values until the
reaching of a limit value is not permitted.
The reduction of the maximum descending load for one person from 150kg to 110kg and the reduction of the
maximum hoisting load from 150 kg to 110 kg are due to the permanent stressing in training use, in contrast to the
one-off device use in a rescue use case.
AG 10 Hoist A 6