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Descent function
Always put the handle back into the
handwheel; else, there can be extreme
vibrations during automatic descent
due to the lack of balance. Pull the
rope in the cam cleat out of the cam
cleat from
behind
and
lower the
accident victim. Here, the rope is also
anchored using the turning device. The
released rope easily slides into the
hand during descent.
The movement velocity is automatically controlled via a centrifugal brake. In addition,
the person on the base (the rescuing person) also has the option of holding onto the
rope in his/her hands, thus stopping the descent.
Ensure that the rope which goes up during descent does not get caught in or
entangled with the structure, thus interrupting the descent. Also ensure that there are
no obstacles during descent.
The rope must always be looped around the turning point during the descent in order
to minimise the force to be applied when stopping the descent.
Alternating descent of persons
The descender and rescue lifting device allows several people to abseil one after the
other.
When the first person who abseils reaches the ground, he/she unhooks the karabiner
of the descender and rescue lifting device from his/her full body harness. The next
person to abseil hooks himself/herself to the karabiner on the other rope at the top
and abseils or is abseiled.
If e very person to be rescued does not have a full body harness, the full body
harness or the rescue triangle is taken off by the abseiled person on reaching the
ground and left on the rope so that the full body harness again reaches the top with
the end of the rope that is now free and can thus be used by the next person who
abseils.
