VOLTA® 9.2 mm

Technical content

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Généralités

Basiques activités

Test - Normes

Entretien

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Performance of new ropes

Change in the length of my rope after use

Rope too short: warning - danger!

Length of my new rope and the middle of the rope

Fall factor and impact force - theory

How to coil the rope?

Primary dangers when using a rope

Forces at work in a real fall

Influence of the belay device

Consequences of poor rope drag management in a common fall

Fall comparison with rigid/human mass

Impact force - standards

What is the impact force of a rope?

How was the max. impact force of 12kN determined?

Why the 55 kg test mass for half ropes?

Why the 8 kN impact force for half ropes?

What would be the results of tests done with 80 kg on one strand of a half rope?

Elongation

How should my rope be cleaned?

How to protect the rope?

When should my rope be replaced?