Tractel Blocfor - Service Life; Disposal

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13. Service life
Tractel
®
textile PPE such as harnesses, lanyards,
ropes and energy absorbers, Tractel
®
mechanical PPE
such as Stopcable
®
and Stopfor
®
fall-arrest devices,
Blocfor
®
self-retracting fall-arrest devices and Tractel
®
lifelines and anchor devices may be used from their
manufacturing date providing that they:
• Are used normally in accordance with the usage
recommendations of this manual;
• Undergo a periodic inspection, which must be
performed at least once a year by an authorised and
qualied technician. On completion of this periodic
inspection, the product must be certied in writing as
t to be recommissioned; and
• Fully comply with the storage and transport conditions
set out in this manual.
As a general rule and subject to implementing the
conditions for use stated above, their service life may
exceed 10 years.
14. Disposal
When disposing of the product, the various components
must be recycled by separating and sorting metal
and synthetic components. These materials must
be recycled through specialist organisations. When
disposing of the product, a qualied person should
dismantle and separate the component parts.
Component Treat as a waste of
the type:
Bracket, pins, spacer,
screws and pulley shaft.
Steel
work winch Steel
For the Scafor
®
manual hoist and Blocfor
®
, see their
respective manual.
Manufacturer’s name and address:
Tractel SAS - RD 619 - BP 38
Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly
10102 Romilly-sur-Seine