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3、damage whatsoever than may result from the use of this material or the information contain therein, irrespective of the cause and quantum thereof. ICS 13.340.99 ISBN 0-626-14640-2 SANS 50353-2:2003 Edition 2 EN 353-2:2002 Edition 2 SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL STANDARD Personal protective equipment agains
4、t falls from a height Guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line This national standard is the identical implementation of EN 353-2:2002 and is adopted with the permission of CEN, rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels. Published by Standards South Africa 1 dr lategan road groenkloof !
5、 private bag x191 pretoria 0001 tel: 012 428 7911 fax: 012 344 1568 international code + 27 12 www.stansa.co.za Standards South Africa 2003 SANS 50353-2:2003 Edition 2 EN 353-2:2002 Edition 2 Table of changes Change No. Date Scope National foreword This South African standard was approved by Nationa
6、l Committee STANSA SC 5120.11B, Fall arrest systems, in accordance with procedures of Standards South Africa, in compliance with annex 3 of the WTO/TBT agreement. This edition cancels and replaces the first edition (SABS EN 353-2:1992). EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 353-2May 2002
7、ICS 13.340.99 Supersedes EN 353-2:1992English versionPersonal protective equipment against falls from a height - Part2: Guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor lineEquipement de protection individuelle contre les chutes dehauteur - Partie 2: Antichutes mobiles incluant supportdassurag
8、e flexiblePersnliche Schutzausrstung gegen Absturz - Teil 2:Mitlaufende Auffanggerte einschlielich beweglicherFhrungThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 March 2002.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this Eur
9、opeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, Fr
10、ench, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmar
11、k, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050
12、 Brussels 2002 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 353-2:2002 EEN 353-2:2002 (E)2ContentspageForeword31 Scope 42 Normative references 43 Terms and definitions44 Requirements .54.1 Design and ergonomics 54.2 Materials and
13、construction .54.3 Locking .64.3.1 Locking after conditioning64.3.2 Locking after optional conditioning.64.4 Static strength64.4.1 Anchor line .64.4.2 Guided type fall arrester including lanyard and connector.64.5 Dynamic performance .64.6 Corrosion resistance .64.7 Marking and information.75 Test m
14、ethods75.1 Locking test after conditioning 75.1.1 Apparatus .75.1.2 Method 75.2 Static strength test 75.2.1 Apparatus .75.2.2 Method 75.3 Dynamic performance test85.3.1 Apparatus .85.3.2 Method 85.4 Corrosion test.86 Marking .87 Information supplied by the manufacturer88 Packaging .9Annex ZA (inform
15、ative) Clauses of this European Standard addressing essential requirements or otherprovisions of EU Directives .10Bibliography 11EN 353-2:2002 (E)3ForewordThis document EN 353-2:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 160 “Protection against fallsfrom a height including working belts“,
16、the secretariat of which is held by DIN.This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text orby endorsement, at the latest by November 2002, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latestby November 2002.This docum
17、ent supersedes EN 353-2:1992. This new edition contains the old text of the standard and incorporatessome urgent amendments that are intended to give additional information and clarify inconsistencies. Acomprehensive revision of the standard will follow at a later stage.This document has been prepar
18、ed under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the EuropeanFree Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal
19、Regulations, the national standards organizations of the followingcountries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland
20、and the United Kingdom.EN 353-2:2002 (E)41 ScopeThis European Standard specifies the requirements, test methods, marking, information supplied by the manufacturerand packaging for guided type fall arresters including a flexible anchor line which can be secured to an upper anchorpoint. Guided type fa
21、ll arresters including a flexible anchor line conforming to this European Standard are sub-systems constituting a part of one of the fall arrest systems covered by EN 363. Other types of fall arresters arespecified in EN 353-1 or EN 360. Energy absorbers are specified in EN 355.2 Normative reference
22、sThis European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. Thesenormative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text, and the publications are listed hereafter. Fordated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these pub
23、lications apply to this EuropeanStandard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references, the latest edition of thepublication referred to applies (including amendments).EN 354:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Lanyards.EN 355:2002, Persona
24、l protective equipment against falls from a height - Energy absorbers.EN 361, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - Full body harnesses.EN 362, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Connectors.EN 363:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a h
25、eight - Fall arrest systems.EN 364:1992, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - Test methods.EN 365:1992, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - General requirements for instructions foruse and for marking.3 Terms and definitionsFor the purposes of this Euro
26、pean Standard, the following terms and definitions apply.3.1guided type fall arrester including a flexible anchor linesub-system consisting of a flexible anchor line, a self-locking guided type fall arrester which is attached to the flexibleanchor line and a connector or a connector-terminated lanya
27、rd. An energy dissipating function may be installedbetween the fall arrester and the anchor line or an energy absorber may be incorporated in the lanyard or in theanchor line EN 3633.2guided type fall arresterfall arrester with a self-locking function and a guide facility. The guided type fall arres
28、ter travels along an anchor line,accompanies the user without requiring manual adjustment during upward or downward changes of position and locksautomatically on the anchor line when a fall occurs EN 3633.3flexible anchor lineconnecting element specified for a sub-system with a guided type fall arre
29、ster. A flexible anchor line may be asynthetic fibre rope or a wire rope and is intended to for securing to an upper anchor point EN 363EN 353-2:2002 (E)53.4energy absorberelement or a component of a fall arrest system, which is designed to dissipate the kinetic energy developed during afall from a
30、height EN 3633.5lanyardconnecting element or component of a fall arrest system. A lanyard may be of synthetic fibre rope, wire rope, webbingor chain EN 3633.6length of lanyardlength Llin metres from one load bearing point to the other load bearing point measured in an unloaded, but tautcondition of
31、the lanyard EN 3633.7length of energy absorber including lanyardtotal length Ltin metres from one load bearing point to the other load bearing point measured in an unloaded, but tautcondition of the energy absorber including lanyard EN 3633.8braking forcemaximum force Fmaxin kilonewtons measured at
32、the anchor point or the anchor line during the braking period of thedynamic performance test EN 3633.9arrest distancevertical distance H in metres measured at the mobile load bearing point of the connecting sub-system from the initialposition (onset of the free fall) to the final position (equilibri
33、um after the arrest), excluding the displacements of the fullbody harness and its attachment element EN 3634 Requirements4.1 Design and ergonomicsThe general requirements for the design and ergonomics are specified in 4.1 of EN 363:2002.4.2 Materials and constructionA flexible anchor line shall be a
34、 synthetic fibre rope or a wire rope. The material of a flexible anchor line shall complywith 4.2.2 or 4.2.3 of EN 354:2002.Flexible anchor lines shall be secured to an upper anchor point and shall be either fitted with an end stop or becapable of being fitted with an end stop to prevent the guided
35、type fall arrester from running off the anchor lineunintended.Guided type fall arresters shall not rely solely on inertia sensing. If a guided type fall arrester has a manual lockingfeature (i. e. a feature which locks the guided type fall arrester on the flexible anchor line), the lower end of the
36、flexibleanchor line shall be secured, e. g. by an attached lower termination or an attachment weight.Flexible anchor wire ropes shall have an attached lower termination or an attachment weight in every case.A guided type fall arrester shall be equipped with a connector or a connector-terminated lany
37、ard with a maximumlength of 1 m including, if applicable, an energy absorber and connectors. If the fall arrester is only equipped with aconnector, it may be permanently attached to the fall arrester or be detachable from the fall arrester. If the fall arresteris equipped with a lanyard, one end of
38、the lanyard shall be permanently attached to the fall arrester and the other endof the lanyard shall be terminated with a connector. The length of lanyard Llshall be specified by the manufacturerEN 353-2:2002 (E)6and be reported in the information supplied by the manufacturer (see 7 c). A lanyard ma
39、y be made from synthetic fibrerope, webbing, wire rope or chain. The material of a lanyard shall conform to 4.2.2, 4.2.3 or 4.2.4 of EN 354:2002.A guided type fall arrester may be equipped with an opening device. If the guided type fall arrester is equipped with anopening device, it shall be so desi
40、gned that it can only be detached or attached by at least two consecutive deliberatemanual actions.An energy absorber for a sub-system with a guided type fall arrester shall conform to EN 355.Energy absorbers integrated in the lanyard shall conform to EN 355, but need not be tested in accordance wit
41、h 5.2of EN 355:2002.Connectors for a sub-system with a guided type fall arrester shall conform to EN 362.4.3 Locking4.3.1 Locking after conditioningWhen the guided type fall arrester and the flexible anchor line are conditioned as described in 5.1.2.1 and tested asdescribed in 5.1.2.3 with a test ma
42、ss of 5 kg, the guided type fall arrester shall in each case lock and remain lockeduntil released.4.3.2 Locking after optional conditioningIf the information supplied by the manufacturer of the guided type fall arrester (see clause 7) claims a featureconcerning the use under specific conditions (see
43、 5.1.2.2), the locking function of the fall arrester shall be testedaccordingly.When conditioned as described in 5.1.2.2 and tested as described in 5.1.2.3 with a test mass of 5 kg, the guided typefall arrester shall in each case lock and remain locked until released.4.4 Static strength4.4.1 Anchor
44、lineWhen tested as described in 5.2.2.1, textile anchor lines shall sustain a force of at least 22 kN and anchor wire ropesshall sustain a force of at least 15 kN.4.4.2 Guided type fall arrester including lanyard and connectorWhen tested as described in 5.2.2.2, the guided type fall arrester includi
45、ng lanyard and connector shall sustain a forceof at least 15 kN.4.5 Dynamic performanceWhen tested as described in 5.3 with a rigid steel mass of 100 kg, the braking force Fmaxshall not exceed 6 kN andthe arrest distance H shall be H 2 L + 1 m with L = Ltfor a lanyard including energy absorber, L =
46、Llfor a lanyardwithout energy absorber and L = length of a connector for a device without lanyard and energy absorber.4.6 Corrosion resistanceAfter the test described in 5.4 has been carried out, the component parts of the guided type fall arrester shall beexamined. Where necessary to gain visual ac
47、cess to the internal component parts, the device shall be dismantled.The test is classed as a failure if any corrosion is evident that could affect the function of the device. (White scaling ortarnishing is acceptable.)EN 353-2:2002 (E)74.7 Marking and informationMarking of the guided type fall arre
48、ster including a flexible anchor line shall be in accordance with clause 6.Information shall be supplied with the guided type fall arrester including a flexible anchor in accordance with clause7.5 Test methods5.1 Locking test after conditioning5.1.1 Apparatus5.1.1.1 Apparatus for conditioningThe con
49、ditioning apparatus shall conform to 4.8 of EN 364:1992.5.1.1.2 Apparatus for the locking testThe locking test apparatus consists of an anchor point and a test mass of 5 kg.5.1.2 Method5.1.2.1 ConditioningThe conditioning to heat, to cold and to wet is described in 5.11 of EN 364:1992.5.1.2.2 Optional conditioningThe conditioning to dust and to oil is optional and described in 5.11 of EN 364:1992.5.1.2.3 Locking testThe locking test shall be conducted as described in 5.11.6.1 of EN 364:1992.5.2 Static strength test5.2.1 ApparatusThe static strength test
