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6. REGULAR CHECKS
The equipment must be inspected regularly without
fail: your safety depends on the effectiveness and
durability of the equipment. After each use, the
equipment should be checked for abrasion and cuts.
Check the legibility of the product labelling. Dam-
aged systems or systems that have been exposed
to a fall should be withdrawn from use immediately.
If there is the slightest doubt, the product must be
withdrawn or inspected by an expert.
In addition, if the equipment is used in worker safety
in accordance with the EN 365, it must be inspected
at least every 12 months by the manufacturer or an
expert complying precisely with the instructions,
and replaced if necessary. Records must be kept
of this inspection (documentation of the equipment,
see enclosed inspection sheet).
This inspection must comprise:
– Inspection of the general condition: age, complete-
ness, dirt, correct composition.
– Inspection of the labels: Present? Legible? CE mark-
ing present? Year of production visible?
– Inspection of the individual parts for mechanical
damage such as cuts, cracks, notches, abrasion,
deformation, ribbing, curling, squashing.
– Inspection of all individual parts for damage caused
by heat or chemicals, such as fusion or hardening.
– Inspection of the metal parts for corrosion and
deformation.
– Inspection of the completeness of the end connec-
tions, seams, splices, knots.
Here, too, if there is the slightest doubt, the product
must be withdrawn or inspected by an expert.
7. MAINTENANCE
Only the manufacturer is permitted to carry out
repairs.
8. SERVICE LIFE
If used intensively, the useful life is reduced to
three months, while useful life in normal use is one
year. The actual useful life depends solely on the
condition of the product, which in turn is influenced
by various factors (see below). Extreme influences
may shorten service life to a single use only or to
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even less if the equipment is damaged prior to its
first use (e.g. in transport).
Mechanical wear and other influences such as the
impact of sunlight will decrease the life span con-
siderably. Bleached or abraded fibres, discoloration,
and hardened spots are certain indicators that the
product needs to be retired.
It is clearly not possible to offer a general statement
about the product's service life, as such life span
depends on various factors, e.g. UV light, type and
frequency of use, handling, climatic influences such
as ice or snow, environments such as salt, sand,
battery acid etc., heat contamination (above normal
climatic conditions), mechanical deformation and/
or distortion, ... (incomplete list!), Life span can be
up to 5 years from date of manufacture.
In general, the following rule applies: If the user,
for whatever reason – however insignificant it may
seem – is uncertain whether or not the product
meets all the necessary criteria, either reject it from
service and render unusable, or place in quarantine
and label in an obvious manner so that it cannot be
used by mistake. Only return to service following
the written authorisation of a competent person.
Withdraw equipment from service if it has been
used to arrest a fall.
9. DECLARATION OF
CONFORMITY
The declaration of conformity can be accessed in the
download area of www.teufelberger.com (category:
declaration of conformity).
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