Definitions And Pictograms - Tractel travflex 2 Manual De Instalación, De Utilización Y De Mantenimiento

and more particularly the plates located in the
fall area must be inspected before the system is
returned to use. This verification must be carried out
in accordance with the instructions in this manual by
a person trained for this purpose.
10. Please make sure that the roof-deck section and
the mounting plate support structure are compatible
with the specified load of 15 kN for installation of the
intermediate and end anchors of the life line, and
20 kN for installation of the turn anchors.

2. Definitions and pictograms

2.1. Definitions
"User": Person or department in charge of safe use of
the product described in this manual.
"Technician":
Qualified
maintenance operations described and allowed to the
user by the manual; a technician is understood as a
person which is skilled and familiar with the product.
"Installer": Qualified person in charge of installation of
the travflex™ 2 lifeline, the ring flex anchor ring and the
mounting plates.
"PPE": Personal protective equipment against falls
from a height.
"Structural Anchoring": Component durably secured
on a (host or support) structure on which it is possible
to secure an anchoring device or a personal protection
equipment (for protection against falls from heights). On
the travflex™ 2 lifeline, the structural anchors are the
plates described in this manual.
"Lifeline": There is no reference made to the term
"lifeline" in the regulations or standards. The travflex™ 2
horizontal lifeline forms part of the category designated
"Anchoring system equipped with horizontal flexible
belaying supports".
"Anchoring device": Element or series of elements or
components including an anchor point or anchor points.
"Anchor point": Component to which a PPE is secured
for protection against falls from heights.
On the travflex™ 2 lifeline, there are 3 types of anchor
points:
• the travsmart slider which slides along the lifeline
cable,
• the anchor points of the end and turn anchors,
• the ringflex anchor ring is an anchor point too.
person in charge of
2.2. Symbols
"DANGER": Placed at the beginning of the
sentence, means instructions intended to avoid
operator damage, including fatal, serious or slight
injuries, as well as damage to the environment.
"IMPORTANT": Placed at the beginning of the
sentence, means instructions intended to avoid failure
of or damage to the equipment, but not directly
endangering the life or the health of the operator or
those of other people, and/or not likely to cause harm to
the environment.
"NOTE": Placed at the beginning of the sentence,
means instructions intended to ensure the efficiency or
the convenience of an installation, a use or a
maintenance operation.
3. Function and description
The travflex™ 2 anchor plates are interfaces designed
to secure the anchors of the travflex™ 2 lifeline or the
ringflex anchor ring. These mounting plates are formed
by a stainless or galnized steel plate and a set of
fasteners by which it is directly mounted on the roof
deck sections.
travflex™ 2 lifeline and ringflex anchor ring plates can
be installed on both roofing and cladding.
travflex™ 2 lifeline and anchor ring ringflex plates have
been specially designed for installation and use on:
– low strength steel deck and sandwich trays with a
minimum thickness of 0.4 mm and corrugation of 200
to 350 mm,
– standing seam aluminium trays with a minimum
thickness of 1 mm and corrugation of 300 to 500 mm.
"IMPORTANT": The travflex™ 2 lifeline must be
installed on plates supplied by Tractel
minimum breaking strength indicated of 15 kN for the
end and intermediate anchors and 20 kN for the turn
anchors.
The travflex™ 2 lifeline on mounting plates is formed by
the following components laid out as shown in figure 1
(page 2) which shows a typical installation which can be
modulated in accordance with the needs of the worksite
to be equipped (installation on roof or on vertical siding):
– Two end anchors (A).
– A flexible belaying support (B) formed by a steel cable
and coupling and shock-absorbing components on
each end.
– One or several intermediate anchors (E) varying in
number in accordance with the length of the lifeline
when it exceeds fifteen meters.
– One or several turn anchors (I) used only for a roof-
mounted installation.
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