oSIST prEN 15151:2005
(Main)Mountaineering equipment - Descenders - Safety requirements and test methods
Mountaineering equipment - Descenders - Safety requirements and test methods
This standard specifies safety requirements and test methods for descenders used for mountaineering and climbing.
Bergsteigerausrüstung - Abseilgeräte - Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
Diese Norm legt sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für Abseilgeräte fest, die beim
Bergsteigen und Klettern verwendet werden.
Matériel d'alpinisme et d'escalade - Descendeurs - Exigences de sécurité et méthodes d'essai
La présente norme spécifie les exigences de sécurité et les méthodes d'essai relatives aux dispositifs de freinage utilisés pour l'alpinisme et l'escalade, avec ou sans contrôle de vitesse, et avec ou sans blocage automatique de protection contre les chutes de hauteur.
La présente norme s’applique aux dispositifs de freinage individuels. Elle ne s’applique pas aux installations automatiques fixes.
Gorniška oprema – Naprave za spuščanje - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne metode
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SLOVENSKI oSIST prEN 15151:2005
PREDSTANDARD
april 2005
Gorniška oprema – Naprave za spuščanje - Varnostne zahteve in preskusne
metode
Mountaineering equipment - Descenders - Safety requirements and test methods
ICS 97.220.40 Referenčna številka
oSIST prEN 15151:2005(en)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 15151
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2005
ICS
English version
Mountaineering equipment - Descenders - Safety requirements
and test methods
Bergsteigerausrüstung - Abseilgeräte -
Sicherheitstechnische Anforderungen 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 Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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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prEN 15151:2005 (E)
Contents Page
Foreword.3
1 Scope.4
2 Normative references.4
3 Terms and definitions .4
4 Safety requirements.4
4.1 Design.4
4.2 Braking capacity.5
4.3 Strength.5
4.3.1 Descenders.5
5 Test methods.5
5.1 Conditioning.5
5.2 Examination of design .5
5.3 Determination of the braking capacity .5
5.3.1 Apparatus.5
5.3.2 Procedure.6
5.4 Determination of strength.7
5.4.1 Test of the attachment opening .7
5.4.2 Test of the braking part.7
6 Information to be supplied.7
7 Marking.8
Annex A (informative) Standards on mountaineering equipment.9
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC.10
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prEN 15151:2005 (E)
Foreword
This document (prEN 15151:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 136 “Sports,
playground and other recreational equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association to support Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC.
For relationship with EU Directives, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
This standard is one of a package of standards for mountaineering equipment, see Annex A.
Annex A is informative.
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prEN 15151:2005 (E)
1 Scope
This standard specifies safety requirements and test methods for descenders used for mountaineering and
climbing.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 892, Mountaineering equipment — Dynamic mountaineering ropes — Safety requirements and test
methods.
EN 1891, Personal protective equipment for the prevention of falls from a height — Low stretch kernmantel
ropes.
EN 12275, Mountaineering equipment — Connectors — Safety requirements and test methods.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
descender for mountaineering
a mechanical device which attached to a person and placed on the
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