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3.1 Purpose
a) The FPS is intended for use during ascent and descent on stationary
ladders installed in towers, pylons, well shafts, or alike.
b) The FPS is a safety system that arrests a fall of the user during climbing.
c) The runner travels along a safety rail.
d) The safety rail is designed for permanent installation at one place.
e) The safety rail can be installed on ladders of different shapes and brands
as long as an approval is issued before by AVANTI.
f) The FPS is not designed for securing horizontally or for securing equip-
ment. The FPS shall never be used for work positioning or for securing
equipment. If work positioning at the ladder is required, a separate
dedicated and approved work positioning equipment shall be used.
g) The FPS may not be used outside its limitations, or for any purpose other
than that for which it is intended.
3.2 Function
a) The user attaches the runner to the designated D-ring marked “A” in the
front of his full body harness by means of the integrated shock absorber
and the carabiner. (In case of two D-rings marked “A” in the front of full
body harness, both rings act together like an only point of attachment,
do not individually).
3 Description of equipment
ah) The combination of FPS parts in anyway other than the intended
will jeopardize safety. Thus, the FPS parts shall not be combined in
anyway other than the intended.
ai) The FPS shall never be adapted, extended, or changed in any way.
b) Before starting to climb, the user clicks the runner on the safety rail and
checks its locking.
c) When climbing, the runner glides along the safety rail. In case that the
user experiences a fall, the runner will lock on the safety rail and arrest
the person falling.
3.3 Component overview
a) The FPS comprises the rail system and the runner system.
b) The safety rail system comprises: the safety rail sections, the rung
fittings, the top and bottom rail-stops, the fish-joints, hammerhead
screws and self-locking nuts.
c) The runner comprises: the runner itself, the shock absorber, and the
carabiner.
d) There are two runner models covered in this manual: Runner
2000/2002 and Eagle
DS
Runner. Both models fit the AVANTI rail.
Rail
Rung fitting
Runner
Shock
Absorber
Carabiner
Runner 2000/2002
Eagle
DS
Runner
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