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A Z VORTEX User’s Manual
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WARNINGS
When performing rescue, climbing or work within the vertical realm, the risk of injury or death
cannot be eliminated. Do not use this device unless you have:
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Read all the instructions and warnings.
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Received competent and suitable training.
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Trained your entire team on the proper use of this device.
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Inspected and safety-checked the AZ VORTEX and rigging equipment before each use.
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Accepted total responsibility for your safety and the equipment suitability/configuration.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN TECHNICAL RIGGING IS ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE USE!
This device can topple over if the user does not properly account for the direction and the
strength of forces occurring in the specific situation and configuration. While the User’s Manual
is not intended to teach everything necessary to safely operate this device, it is the user’s
responsibility to read and understand the User’s Manual that accompanies the AZ VORTEX. It’s
important at all times to follow these safety guidelines:
•
Do not exceed the safe working
load of 600 lbf (2.7 kN).
•
Always maintain a second Safety
Line (Belay Line) independent of
this device.
•
All feet on this device must be
securely anchored to resist side-
ways, spreading and uplift forces.
•
Do not couple more than three
lower leg sections together on any
one leg.
•
Make sure the connection pin that
inserts through the head feeds
through a leg hole when the leg is
at full extension, rather than feed
through the head “above” the top
of the leg. When assembled
correctly, the top of the leg should
be flush with, or extended above
the top leg sleeve of the head,
Figures 1A
and
1B
.
Figure 1A
Figure 1B
Legs flush with top of head
