Periodic Inspection And Repair; Withdrawal From Service - Tractel LDR Manual De Instalación, De Utilización Y De Mantenimiento

12. Marking
Description of designation:
a: the trade name: Tractel
b: the name of the product
c: the reference standard followed by the year of
application,
d: the product reference,
e: the CE logo followed by the 0082 number,
identificaion number of the approved body
responsible for production control,
f: Year and month of manufacture,
g: the serial number;
h: a pictogram showing that the manual must be read
before use.
w: maximum operating load,
i: an arrow indicating the direction of use,
k: the location of the belay support,
m: the only type of belay support to be used:
• halyard,
• stranded rope,
• reinforced halyard,
n: the diameter of the belay support to use.

13. Periodic inspection and repair

An annual periodic inspection is required, but depending
on the frequency of use, environmental conditions
and regulations of the company or the country of use,
periodic inspections may be more frequent.
Periodic inspections should be carried out by an
authorised and competent technician, in compliance
with the manufacturer's instructions transcribed in the
file "Tractel PPE inspection instructions".
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Confirmation of the legibility of the product markings
should be an integral part of the periodic inspection.
On completion of the periodic inspection, the return to
service must be indicated in writing by the authorised
and competent technician who carried out the
inspection. This return to service must be recorded on
the inspection sheet in the middle of this manual. This
inspection record should be retained throughout the
product's life cycle, up until it is recycled.
After arresting a fall, this product must undergo a
periodic inspection as described in the current article.
The product's textile components must be changed,
even though they may not display any visible changes.
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14. Lifespan
Tractel textile PPE equipment such as harnesses,
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lanyards, ropes and energy absorbers, Tractel
mechanical PPE equipment such as stopcable™ and
stofor™ fall-arresters, blocfor™ self-retracting fall-
arresters, and the Tractel
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restrictions from their manufacturing date providing that
they are subject to:
– normal use in accordance with the recommendations
for use given in this manual.
– a periodic inspection, which must be performed at
least once a year by an approved and competent
technician. On completion of this periodic inspection,
it must be certified in writing that the PPE is fit to be
returned to service.
– strict compliance with the storage and transport
conditions contained in the current manual.
– As a general rule and subject to the application of the
conditions of use mentioned above, their lifespan may
exceed 10 years.

15. Withdrawal from service

When disposing of the product, all components must
be recycled by firstly sorting them into metallic and
synthetic materials. These materials must be recycled
by specialist bodies. During disposal, dismantling and
separating the components should be undertaken by
a duly trained person.
Name and address of manufacturer:
Tractel SAS
RD 619 - BP 38 - Saint Hilaire sous Romilly
10102 Romilly sur Seine
France
lifelines can be used without
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