KONG Italy BACK-UP Manual page 29

65, 80339 Munich, Germany in conformity to the stan-
dards given on the product.
All KONG products are tested and inspected piece by
piece in conformity with the Quality System certified to
the UNI EN ISO 9001 international standard. Pursuant
to article 11B in Directive 89/686/EEC the production of
class lll personal protective equipment is supervised by
the notified organization nr. 0426 - ITALCERT, V.le
Sarca 336, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Warning: laboratory tests, inspections, information
and norms do not always manage to reproduce
what actually happens in practice so that the re-
sults achieved under real conditions when using
the product in a natural environment can often dif-
fer considerably. The best information can be
gained by continual practice under the supervision
of skilled and qualified instructors.
15 - Lifetime: Warning: carefully read point 3. Lifetime
of metallic devices is theoretically unlimited while life-
time of textile or plastic devices is of 10 years from the
production date under the following conditions: stocking
is made as described at point 13.4; pre use, after use
and periodic controls do not show any malfunction, de-
formation, wear, etc., maintenance has been made as
described at point 13 and that the device has been cor-
rectly used not exceeding ¼ of the breaking load. Do
not use obsolete devices, (i.e.: expired lifetime, lacking
of periodic control-sheet with updated registration, non
conforming to updated norms, not suitable or compati-
ble to the present techniques, etc.). Reject devices
which are obsolete, deformed, wear off, not properly
working, etc. destroying them in order to avoid any fu-
ture utilisation.
16 – SPECIFIC INFORMATION
The BACK-UP is:
- a fall-arrester device:
- guided self-locking type, accompanying the user
and locking on the anchor line should you fall, cer-
tified to the EN 353-2 norm,
- to be inserted on the SAFETY ROPE, accompa-
nying the user when changing position and which
automatically locks onto the rope under static or dy-
namic load, certified to EN 12841 type A norm,
- a positioning device:
- to regulate the distance between operator (with sa-
fety belt) and the fixed anchor point or structure,
certified to the EN 358 norm,
- manual, to be inserted on the WORKING ROPE,
locking under load in one direction (downwards) and
sliding freely in the opposite direction (upwards),
certified to EN 12841 type B, EN 567 and UIAA 104
standard,
Important: BACK-UP has been tested and certified with
the lanyard, produced by KONG S.p.A. (conforming to
the EN 354 norm), with the textiles "Static rope lanyard"
ø 10, 11 and 12 mm. and also with the 12 mm "No-cut
lanyard" when used in conformity to EN 567 and UIAA
104 norms (mountaineering equipment – rope clamps).
BACK-UP may also be used with Lanex static ropes ø
10, 11 and 12 mm. conforming to the EN 1891 norm: in
this case the user shall make a well tight hook-up eyelet
and a stop knot on the rope.