Rothoblaas Catalogue 2019

07. RETRACTABLE FALL ARRESTERS

A retractable device is a variable length piece of fall protection equipment that serves to connect the worker's harness to a fixed point, supporting the worker's body during and after a fall. It serves a self-blocking function and operates with an automatic system that tensions and winds up the cable or fabric rope, which during work automatically elongates to offer the worker maximum freedom of movement. Automatic blocking occurs any time a movement exceeds the speed of 1,5 m/s, which the device interprets as the start of a fall. It can be used vertically, horizontally or slantwise.

This is a device which, although used as part of a fall protection system, must be combined with an energy absorber able to exhaust the kinetic energy created during the worker's fall, decreasing until the maximum force working upon the worker's body is 6 kN.

REFERENCE STANDARD

EN 360

Retractable type fall arresters

300 | RETRACTABLE FALL ARRESTERS | PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT