Kong ROPE CLAMP Bedienungsanleitung Seite 24

13 – Maintenance and storage
Product maintenance is limited to cleaning and lubricating, as
explained further on.
13.1 - Cleaning: frequently wash the product with lukewarm
(max. 40°C) drinking-water where necessary, you can also
add some gentle detergent (neutral soap). Rinse and leave to
dry naturally away from direct sources of heat.
13.2 – Disinfection: soak the product for an hour in lukewarm
water adding disinfectant containing quaternary ammonium
salts, then rinse again with drinking-water, dry and lubricate.
13.3 - Lubrication: frequently lubricate the mobile parts with
silicone based oil. Avoid contact between oil and textile parts.
This job must be done after cleaning and completely drying.
13.4 - Storage: after cleaning, drying and lubrication place the
loose equipment in a dry (40-90% relative humidity), fresh
(temperature 5-40°C) and safe (avoid U.V. radiation) place,
chemically neutral (absolutely avoid salty environs), away from
sharp edges, sources of heat, dampness, corrosive substan-
ces or other possible detrimental conditions. Do not store
when wet!
14 – Testing inspection and certification
This product is certified by the notified organization nr. 0123 -
TUV Product Service GMBH, Ridlerstraße 65, 80339 Munich,
Germany in conformity to the standards given on the product.
All KONG products are tested and inspected piece by piece in
conformity with the Quality System certified to the UNI EN ISO
9001 international standard. Pursuant to article 11B in
Directive 89/686/EEC the production of class lll personal pro-
tective equipment is supervised by the notified organization
nr. 0426 - ITALCERT, V.le Sarca 336, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Warning: laboratory tests, inspections, information and
norms do not always manage to reproduce what actually
happens in practice so that the results achieved under
real conditions when using the product in a natural envi-
ronment can often differ considerably. The best informa-
tion can be gained by continual practice under the super-
vision of skilled and qualified instructors.
15 - Lifetime
Warning: carefully read point 3. Lifetime of metallic devices is
theoretically unlimited while lifetime of textile or plastic devices
is of 10 years from the production date under the following
conditions: stocking is made as described at point 13.4; pre
use, after use and periodic controls do not show any malfunc-
tion, deformation, wear, etc., maintenance has been made as
described at point 13 and that the device has been correctly
used not exceeding ¼ of the breaking load. Do not use obso-
lete devices, (i.e.: expired lifetime, lacking of periodic control-
sheet with updated registration, non conforming to updated
norms, not suitable or compatible to the present techniques,
etc.). Reject devices which are obsolete, deformed, wear off,
not properly working, etc. destroying them in order to avoid
any future utilisation.
16 – Information about ROPE CLAMPS
"LIFT", "MODULAR", "PROCAVE", "CAM-CLEAN" and "HAND
FUTURA" are rope clamps, certified to EN 567:97 and UIAA
126 standards and by inserting them onto textile ropes -
conforming to standards EN 564:06 (accessory ropes) or EN
892:04 (dynamic ropes) or EN 1891:98 (semi-static ropes)
with a ø of between 8 and 13 mm (see marking on the article)
- they will lock under load in one direction being free to slide in
the opposite direction (direction of use).
The "HAND FUTURA" ROPE CLAMP is also a manually posi-