TAZ LOV3+ User Manual

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According to the EU Regulation 2016/245.
FIELD OF APPLICATION: Personal Protection Equipment (Class 3): LOV3+, PPE
against falls from height is an adjustable positioning lanyard. It comprises of LOV3,
combined with a LOVROPE rope. It was designed and manufactured for rope progress. Cur-
rent intended use: locking or positioning the user.
REGULATORY INFORMATION EN 358:2018 The adjustable positioning lanyard while
working is designed for a single person, for a maximum nominal load of 120kg.
Named LOV3+, it comprises of a combination between a rope and a locking device
LOVROPE+LOV3, that make up a positioning lanyard. The rope must be closed inside
the tool by means of the locking screw. This screw can be removed using a wrench. It
can be reinstalled with and tightened using a torque of 2.90N/m.
The anchor point must always be correctly positioned, and work must be executed so that
any fall risks, and the height of the fall are reduced.
If LOV3+ is used for positioning or supporting the user while working at height, the user
must always install a collective fall arrest safety system (e.g. safety mesh) or an individual
fall arrest safety system (fall arrest systems that are compliant with EN 353.2).
PART NOMENCLATURE:
Materials: mainly aluminium allow, stainless steel and polyamide. The rope is made of
polyamide 6. See diagrams A and A bis.
> All activities that involve working at height need a preliminary risk assessment. It is man-
datory to minimize the fall factors, but also check the free space required under the user
in the working area before each possible use, so that in case of a fall, there is no risk of a
ground fall, neither any obstacles on the fall trajectory.
> Caution: do not affect the safety function of any of the devices by the safety function of
other devices.
> A fall arrest harness is the only body protection device that can be used in a fall arrest
system.
> All users must receive training, must acquire the competences of appropriate tech-
niques, and must read the technical notices beforehand. Observe all good practices and
local and national regulations.
> Activities that involve working at height require physical abilities that are certied medi-
cally. These expose the user to dangers that can cause severe injuries or death.
> If necessary, organise an emergency rescue and evacuation plan.
> You agree to personally take responsibility for all risks of damage, injury or death that
can occur following the incorrect use of the equipment, regardless of the form. If you
cannot take this responsibility, do not use this device.
> The equipment should not be used beyond its limits, nor in any other situation than
its intended use.
INSPECTIONS, CHECKING POINTS:
WARNINGS
In order to maintain the equipment safety level, by maintaining its resistance and efcien-
cy, inspect the device periodically (the frequency will be established based on its use, and
must be of at least once per year), and ll in the identication sheet available in the
annex, or a copy.
Also, the user should perform an inspection of the equipment before each use and while
using it, in order to make sure it is usable and that it functions correctly.
Besides the permanent functional check, periodical inspections should only be performed
by a competent person, and strictly observing the following inspection operational modes:
Keep this notice and visit taz3d.fr for updates to this notice; keep the product identication
sheet during the entire life of the product. Control the readability of the markings on the
product.
If any of the following damages occurs, the product must be retired or sent back to TAZ :
> signs of corrosion that affect the parts (the signs do not disappear if you try to lightly
sand them)
> absence of the locking effect when suspended on the ropes.
> cracks in any of the parts and/or the following faults:
- the two plates come in contact forcefully at the attachment point
- the mobile sheave does not move freely and/or there is a clearance on its axle
- the xed sheave has a clearance on the xed plate
- the clearance between the xed and mobile sheaves and the plate is higher than 5 mm
(diagram E)
- clearance between the rivets and the xed plate
- the mobile plate is not locked by the head of the rivet (diagram A, RIVET 6) in its groove
- the stoppers have a clearance.
> friction wear on the sheaves caused by the rope :
- degraded sheave guide grooves
- holes in the sheave edges (hollow parts)
- the plates are perforated on the rope trajectory.
> sharp edges or burrs that can damage the rope or injure the user.
> the handle fails to function.
> the operator’s attachment point is thinner than 10 mm.
> the handle tip comes out of the mobile sheave.
> the locking cleat fails to function due to the spring – the device no longer locks on the
rope in position.
> failing operational test: absence of the locking effect when suspended on the ropes.

TAZ LOV3+ Specifications

General

Brand	TAZ
Model	LOV3+
Category	Safety Equipment
Language	English