prEN 17961

Mountaineering equipment - Load sharing devices - Safety requirements and test methods

This document specifies safety requirements and test methods for all types of load sharing devices commonly used in mountaineering (climbing and associated activities) and rescue.
This standard does not cover the specific requirements of devices intended for use in slackline applications.

Bergsteigerausrüstung - Lastverteiler - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Équipement d’alpinisme et d’escalade - Dispositifs de répartition de la charge - Exigences et méthodes d’essai

Gorniška oprema - Naprave za delitev bremena - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 18-Sep-2024
• ICS: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 136 - Sports, playground and other recreational equipment
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 136/WG 5 - Mountaineering and climbing equipment
• Current Stage: 4599 - Dispatch of FV draft to CMC - Finalization for Vote
• Start Date: 11-Apr-2024
• Due Date: 02-Jun-2024
• Completion Date: 11-Apr-2024
• Directive: 2016/425 - Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC
• Mandate: M/571 - COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 19.11.2020 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization as regards personal protective equipment in support of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 17961:2023 - Mountaineering equipment - Load sharing devices - Safety requirements and test methods

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 17961:2023
01-maj-2023
Gorniška oprema - Naprave za delitev bremena - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne
metode
Mountaineering equipment - Load sharing devices - Safety requirements and test
methods
Bergsteigerausrüstung - Lastverteiler - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und
Prüfverfahren
Équipement d’alpinisme et d’escalade - Dispositifs de répartition de la charge -
Exigences et méthodes d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17961
ICS:
97.220.40 Oprema za športe na Outdoor and water sports
prostem in vodne športe equipment
oSIST prEN 17961:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 17961
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

March 2023
ICS
English Version

Mountaineering equipment - Load sharing devices - Safety
requirements and test methods
Équipement d'alpinisme et d'escalade - Dispositifs de Bergsteigerausrüstung - Lastverteiler - Anforderungen
répartition de charge - Exigences et méthodes d'essai und Prüfverfahren
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 136.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


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© 2023 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 17961:2023 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page

European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Safety requirements . 6
4.1 Design and ergonomics . 6
4.2 Stability of tape . 7
4.3 Static strength . 7
5 Test methods . 8
5.1 Design and ergonomics .
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