HEXAPOD - Access gantry for confined spaces
HEXAPOD
Access gantry for entry, rescue and lifting into confined spaces having large openings and below the ground level.
Adjustable height: 1.15 m to 2.15 m
Wheelbase: 1.08 m to 1.62 m (1 tripod) / 1.80 m to 4.20 m (between the 2 tripods)
Weight: 49.33 kg
Max permissible load: 500 kg under head / 250 kg on leg
Conformity: EN795:2012 type B, TS 16415:2013 Type B, ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, Machinery Directive, EN 1808
HS code: 7610 90 10
- Equipped with a pulley placed on the tripod head for inserting the winch cable.
- Equipped with three anchorage rings on the tripod head
- Moulded tripod head in aluminium alloy, aluminium feet
- Feet equipped with articulated steel soles with rubber pads to increase friction and stability
- Resistance of anchor points > 13 kN
- Each tripod comes with a plate to install the winch FA 60 003 20 / FA 60 003 30 / FA 60 023 20 / FA 60 023 20R.
- It is also used in combination with universal plates FA 60 101 01 or adaptation kits FA 60 001 02/03/04, to install the self-retracting fall arrester with integrated rescue winch FA 20 401 10/S, FA 20 401 20/R/S, FA 20 401 30/S.
- Tripods supplied with specific carry bag.
To download the product instructions, see the Attached documents tab
ANCHORAGES
EN795 : The anchor point is a point where the fall arrest system is safely attached to ensure the security of the user. There are different kinds of anchor points:
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Anchoring device requiring the fixing of one more structural anchors |
| Type B |
Anchoring device not requiring the fixing of one more structural anchors |
| Type C |
Anchor device using horizontal flexible anchor lines |
| Type D |
Anchor device using horizontal rigid anchor lines |
| Type E |
Deadweight anchoring device |
Use : There is no good fall arrest system without a good anchorage point. Whatever the type of intervention to achieve and that it is temporary or regular, it is essential to correctly choose its anchor point and verify that the host structure (building, steel structure, tower, ...) is sufficiently resistant.
How to choose ?
The anchor point is undoubtedly the part of a fall arrest system that is tricky to choose to ensure optimum safety. When choosing the anchor point the first thing to do is to determine where to install it.
For this we must take into account the following aspects:
- static strength of the anchor point : > 12 kN
- installation height: high enough compared to the first potential obstacle in case of a fall (see fall factor diagram)
- situation: in the vertical workstation to avoid risks of pendulum effect (see pendulum effect diagram)
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We will ensure as far as possible to focus on work situations with a fall factor 0 or 1 and we will avoid if possible installing a fall arrest system on an anchor in fall factor 2, The pendulum effect must also be as small as possible.
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FALL FACTOR
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Fall Factor 0
Position of the anchor point above the attachment point of the user
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Fall Factor 1
Position of the anchor point at the same level as attachment point of the user
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Fall Factor 2
Position of the anchor point above the attachment point of theuser |
| In a representation of space in 3D symbolized this way: |
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Key:
x = axis right / left
y = axis up / down
z = axis back / front
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| we created the 4 following pictograms in order to help you understand the direction in which the effort can be applied on our anchor points: |
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This anchorage can be used only in a horizontal direction in relation to the installation. |
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This anchorage can be used only in a vertical direction in relation to the installation. |
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This anchorage can be used both in a horizontal and in a vertical direction in relation to the installation. |
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This anchorage can be used in the 3 directions in relation to the installation. |