Petzl Professional catalog 2016
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VERTICALITY - LIGHTING

The Petzl adventure started with Fernand Petzl's passion for caving. Over the years, this passion for the "inaccessible" has enabled us to invent unique and innovative solutions. Whether it's ascending, descending or belaying with a rope, or moving about in the dark. Gradually, we developed this expertise, with sports enthusiasts of course, but especially thanks to work-at-height and rescue professionals, for whom the technical requirements are very high and always changing. Yesterday a cottage industry, the Petzl family business is now an international industrial firm and currently employs...

Petzl, the dedication to quality For over thirty years, Petzl has built on its expertise in the design and manufacture of products for verticality and lighting. This adventure began with the passion for caving of an artisan, Fernand Petzl, and the need for equipment that would help Access the Inaccessible. The safety, reliability, durability, and ergonomics of products have always been the cornerstones of Petzl's equipment creation process. Today Petzl designs, produces and distributes millions of products across the globe, and that original standard for quality is now more essential than...

Testing Petzl has labs dedicated to testing verticality products and headlamps. These tests often go above and beyond the required standards to help validate the reliability of products and safety for the user: dynamic fall tests, impact resistance, cyclic testing, performance, headlamp beam quality and burn times... They are complemented by testing in the field, controlled or not, in terms of ergonomics and reliability. Production and inspection During manufacture, quality control is found throughout the production chain: auto-inspection of operations by machines, human inspection at key...

VERTICALITY Techniques General principles for working at height Rope access and confined space Tree care General rescue principles On-site rescue Technical rescue Products Harnesses 46 Helmets 64 Lanyards and energy absorbers Mobile fall arrester Connectors 86 Descenders 94 Rope clamps Pulleys 106 Anchors 112 Ropes 118 Packs and accessories Product index

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General principles for work at height Warning • You must have understood and retained the information from your products' Instructions for Use to be able to apply the techniques presented in this document • Gaining an adequate apprenticeship in appropriate techniques and methods of protection is your own responsibility. Petzl solutions are given for information only, with no guarantee of their effectiveness in your specific working situation. The relevance of these solutions varies by context, so always do your own risk analysis in the field • Mastering the techniques presented here...

Impact force A fall arrest system allows the impact force experienced by the user to be limited. It is typically composed of an energy absorber that tears in order to limit the forces over a specific stopping distance. JANE or PROGRESS lanyard without energy absorber A dynamic rope lanyard has a low capacity for energy absorption. Its use requires great caution: reducing the length of a potential fall and staying in a work position below the anchor. Lanyard with ABSORBICA energy absorber A webbing lanyard or a cable, with no capacity for energy absorption, can not be used to arrest a fall....

Rope access and confined space Rope access Rope access work environments mostly involve significant heights, sometimes overhanging, and are incompatible with collective protection techniques. The work area is accessed with ropes by specialized operators, trained in rope access techniques. This can be done from the top (safer and simpler to set up), or from below (for example, a leader throws a rope up and around a fixed point, and then climbs up the rope, or uses rock climbing progression techniques). This is also the case for temporary operations where it is not practical to set up...

Reworking the masonry on the Chartrain Dam maintained by the Roannaise de l’eau in Loire, France. © Petzl / vuedici.org / L.Moretton

Rope access 1. Installing ropes Load-sharing anchors with the rope Choice of anchor material based on the environment STEEL Bunny knot (for load-sharing anchors) Inside or temporary use Ultra-corrosive environment Load-sharing anchors with a sling. Effect of the angle on a load-sharing anchor PROTEC Special case: isolate a section of damaged rope with a butterfly knot 100 % Double overhand knot (for the end of the rope, or to make a rope loop)

Fixed anchor Releasable anchor To make a lifeline with the ASAP, see technical information available at Petzl.com 3. Work positioning - secured stop Warning, remember to lock the device in work positioning mode. ASAP LOCK ASAP LOCK The CAPTIV positioning bar promotes loading of the carabiner along its major axis, reduces the risk of rotation and keeps it integrated with the device. To select the carabiner most suitable for attaching the I'D descender to the harness, see technical information available at Petzl.com Information is non-exhaustive. Refer to the other pages as well as to the...

Rope access 5. Ascent Long rope ascent with ASCENSION handled rope clamp and PANTIN foot-mounted rope clamp (simultaneous technique). Short rope ascent with ASCENSION rope clamp and ROLLCLIP pulley carabiner as the directional point. ASCENSION ROLLCLIP ASCENSION VERTIGO TWIST-LOCK CROLL RING OPEN ASAP LOCK ASAP LOCK PANTIN 6. Passing a re-belay on ascent 1. Tether yourself to the re-belay and transfer the ASAP LOCK. 2. Standing in the foot loop, transfer the CROLL. 3. Start the ascent and un-tether yourself. ASAP LOCK PROGRESS ADJUST

Confined spaces 1. Combined lowering/raising system • Advantage: quick transitions between modes (lowering/raising) • Disadvantage: rope length is four times the travel Information is non-exhaustive. Refer to the other pages as well as to the Instructions for Use and technical manuals. Technical training is essential. 2. Independent lowering/raising systems • Advantage: the length of the rope equals the travel distance • Disadvantage: manipulations required to transition between lowering and raising