PETZL CROLL S, CROLL L Instruction Manual

PETZL CROLL S, CROLL L

Product Information

The CROLL S / CROLL L is a ventral rope clamp designed for fall protection from height. It is used as personal protective equipment (PPE) for mountaineering, climbing, and work rope ascending. The product is made of an aluminum alloy frame, stainless steel cam, and wear plate (CROLL S only).

Product Usage Instructions

1. Responsibility:
   • Activities involving the use of this equipment are inherently dangerous.
   • Read and understand all Instructions for Use before using the equipment.
   • Get specific training in its proper use.
   • Become acquainted with its capabilities and limitations.
   • Understand and accept the risks involved.
   • Failure to heed these warnings may result in severe injury or death.
   • The equipment must only be used by competent and responsible persons or those under direct and visual control of a competent and responsible person.
   • If unable to assume responsibility or do not fully understand the Instructions for Use, do not use the equipment.
2. Inspection:
   • Before each use, verify the absence of cracks, deformation, marks, wear, corrosion, and missing or worn-out teeth on the rope clamp.
   • Check the condition of the frame, attachment holes, cam, safety catch, springs, and cam axle.
   • Check the mobility of the cam and the effectiveness of its spring.
   • Ensure that the teeth are not fouled.
   • Regularly monitor the condition of the product and its connections to other equipment during use.
   • Make sure all equipment is correctly positioned and beware of foreign objects that can impede the operation of the cam.
   • Be cautious of situations where the safety catch can snag and cause the cam to open.
3. Compatibility:

• Verify compatibility with other elements of the system in your application.
• Ensure equipment used with CROLL meets current standards in your country, such as EN 12275 carabiners.
• Verify connector/rope clamp compatibility for proper installation, functioning, and assessment of potential poor positioning.

1. Function Principle and Test:

The CROLL slides along the rope in one direction and locks in the other direction. The cam’s teeth initiate a clamping action that locks the rope by pinching it between the cam and the frame. The slot in the cam allows mud to be evacuated.

1. Installation on the Harness:

Refer to the user manual for detailed instructions on how to install the CROLL on the harness.

WARNING

• Activities involving the use of this equipment are inherently dangerous.
• You are responsible for your own actions and decisions.

Before using this equipment, you must:

• Read and understand all Instructions for Use.
• Get specific training in its proper use.
• Become acquainted with its capabilities and imitations.
• Understand and accept the risks involved.
• FAILURE TO HEED ANY OF THESE WARNINGS MAY RESULT IN SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH.
• These instructions explain how to correctly use your equipment. Only certain techniques and uses are described.
• The warning symbols inform you of some potential dangers related to the use of your equipment, but it is impossible to describe them all. Check Petzl.com for updates and additional information.
• You are responsible for heeding each warning and using your equipment correctly.
• Any misuse of this equipment will create additional dangers. Contact Petzl if you have any doubts or difficulty understanding these instructions.

Field of application

• Personal protective equipment (PPE used for fall protection from height.
• Ventral rope clamp for ascending rope.
• Rope clamp for mountaineering and climbing (EN 567).
• Ascending device for the work rope (EN 12841: 2006 type B).
• This product must not be pushed beyond its limits, nor be used for any purpose other than that for which it is designed.

Responsibility

WARNING

• Activities involving the use of this equipment are inherently dangerous.
• You are responsible for your own actions, decisions, and safety.

Before using this equipment, you must:

• Read and understand all Instructions for Use.
• Get specific training in its proper use.
• Become acquainted with its capabilities and limitations.
• Understand and accept the risks involved.
• Failure to heed any of these warnings may result in severe injury or death.
• This product must only be used by competent and responsible persons or those placed under the direct and visual control of a competent and responsible person.
• You are responsible for your actions, your decisions, and your safety and you assume the consequences of same. If you are not able, or not in a position to assume this responsibility, or if you do not fully understand the Instructions for Use, do not use this equipment.

Nomenclature

1. Chest strap attachment hole,
2. Cam,
3. Safety catch
4. Harness attachment hole
5. Wear a plate (CROLL S only).

• Principal materials: aluminum alloy frame, stainless steel cam and wear plate.

Traceability and markings

Inspection, points to verify

• Your safety depends upon the integrity of your equipment.
• Petzi recommends a detailed inspection by a competent person at least once every 12 months (depending on current regulations in your country, and your conditions of usage).
• WARNING: your intensity of use may cause you to inspect your PPE more frequently. Follow the procedures described at Petzi.com. Record the results on your PPE inspection form: type, model, manufacturer contact info, serial number or individual number, dates: manufacture, purchase, first use, next periodic inspection; problems, comments, inspector’s name and signature.

Before each use

• On the product, verify the absence of any cracks, deformation, marks, wear, corrosion…
• Check the condition of the frame, the attachment holes, the cam and safety catch, the springs and the cam axle.
• Check the mobility of the cam and the effectiveness of its spring.
• Check that the teeth are not fouled.
• WARNING: do not use this rope clamp if it has missing or worn-out teeth.

During use

• It is important to regularly monitor the condition of the product and its connections to the other equipment in the system. Make sure that all items of equipment are correctly positioned with respect to each other.

BEWARE:

• of foreign objects that can impede the operation of the cam,
• of situations where the safety catch can snag and cause the cam to open.

Compatibility

• Verify that this product is compatible with the other elements of the system in your application (compatible = good functional interaction).
• Equipment used with your CROLL must meet current standards in your country (e.g. EN 12275 carabiners).

Connectors

• Verify connector/rope clamp compatibility (installation, correct functioning and assessment of the potential for poor positioning).

Function principle and test

• It slides along the rope in one direction and locks in the other direction.
• The cam’s teeth initiate a clamping action that locks the rope by pinching it between the cam and the frame. The slot in the cam allows mud to be evacuated.

Installation on the harness

• Attach the device to the harness by passing a quick link or an OMNI through the connection hole.
• Connect the chest strap to the upper hole, so that the device is held in a vertical position against the chest.
• The CROLL is only to be used when it is connected directly to the harness, without a lanyard.
• Close the CROLL’s cam when not in use, as equipment or other objects can jam in the rope channel if left open.

Installing and removing the rope

• Observe the Up/Down indicator.
• To remove the rope
• Move the device up the rope while opening the safety catch to disengage the cam

Ascending the rope

• Use the CROLL with another rope clamp (e.g. BASIC) and a foot loop. Always attach yourself to the second rope clamp with an appropriate lanyard.

Angled traverse situation

• Starting on an angled rope: put a leg over the rope to align it with the CROLL’s rope channel

Short descent

• Slide the device slightly up the rope and simultaneously push the cam with your index finger. Do not manipulate the safety catch because there is a risk of accidentally opening the cam.

12841 type B – additional information

• The CROLL must be used with a type A backup device on a second (safety) rope.

• The CROLL is not suitable for use in a fall-arrest system.

• To meet the requirements of the EN 12841: 2006 type B standard, use EN 1891 type A low stretch kernmantle ropes: 10-11 mm diameter with CROLL S and 10-13 mm with CROLL L.
  (Note: certification testing was performed using Petzl CLUB 10 mm, Petzl AXIS 11 mm, and Teufelberger KM3 13 mm ropes.)

• Use a connector that has a maximum total length of 15 cm (connector that attaches the CROLL to the harness attachment point).

• Do not allow slack in the rope between the rope adjustment device and the anchor, in order to reduce the risk of a fall.

• When your body weight is on the work rope, make sure that the safety rope is not loaded.

• A dynamic overload can damage the safety rope.

• Nominal maximum load: 140 kg.

Additional information

• This product meets the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment. The EU Declaration of Conformity is available at Petzl.com.

Precautions for use

• You must have a rescue plan and the means to rapidly implement it in case of
  difficulties encountered while using this equipment.
  – The anchor point for the system should preferably be located above the user’s
  position and should meet the requirements of the EN 795 standard (12 kN minimum
  strength).
  – In a fall-arrest system, it is essential to check the required clearance below the
  user before each use, in order to avoid hitting the ground or an obstacle in case
  of a fall.
  – Make sure that the anchor point is correctly positioned, in order to limit the risk
  and the length of a fall.
  – A fall-arrest harness is the only device allowable for supporting the body in a
  fall-arrest system.
  – When using multiple items of equipment, a dangerous situation can arise in which
  the safety function of an item of equipment can be affected by the safety function of
  another item of equipment.
  – WARNING – DANGER: ensure that your products do not rub against abrasive or
  sharp surfaces.
  – Users must be medically fit for activities at height. WARNING: inert suspension in a
  harness can result in serious injury or death.
  – The Instructions for Use for each item of equipment used in conjunction with this
  product must be followed.
  – The Instructions for Use must be provided to the user of this equipment, in the
  language of the country where the equipment is used.
  – Make sure the markings on the product are legible.
  When to retire your equipment:
  WARNING: an exceptional event can lead you to retire a product after only one
  use, depending on the type and intensity of usage and the environment of usage
  (harsh environments, marine environments, sharp edges, extreme temperatures,
  chemicals…).
  A product must be retired when:
  – It has been subjected to a major fall or load.
  – It fails to pass inspection. You have any doubt as to its reliability.
  – You do not know its full usage history.
  – When it becomes obsolete due to changes in legislation, standards, technique or
  incompatibility with other equipment…
  Destroy these products to prevent further use.

Icons:

• A. Unlimited lifetime
• B. Acceptable temperatures
• C. Usage precautions
• D. Cleaning
• E. Drying
• F. Storage/transport
• G. Maintenance
• H. Modifications/repairs (prohibited outside of Petzl facilities, except replacement parts)
• I. Questions/contact

3-year guarantee

• Against any material or manufacturing defect. Exclusions: normal wear and tear, oxidation, modifications or alterations, incorrect storage, poor maintenance, negligence uses for which this product is not designed.

Warning symbols

1. Situation presenting an imminent risk of serious injury or death.
2. Exposure to a potential risk of accident or injury.
3. Important information on the functioning or performance of your product.
4. Equipment incompatibility.

Traceability and markings

• a. Meets PPE regulatory requirements. Notified body performing the EU-type examination
• b. A number of the notified body responsible for the production control of this PPE
• c. Traceability: data matrix
• d. Diameter
• e. Serial number
• f. Year of manufacture
• g. The month of manufacture
• h. Batch number
• i. Individual identifier
• j. Standards
• k. Read the Instructions for Use carefully –
• l. Model Identification
• m. Manufacturer address
• n. Orientation of use
• o. Nominal load
• p. EN 1891 type A rope for EN 12841

This product is compliant with Regulation 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment as brought into UK law and amended Approved body performing the UKCA type examination and the production control of this PPE After removing the notice from the equipment, make a copy of it and keep the original as part of a permanent record that includes the usage and inspection history for the equipment. Keep the copy of the notice with the equipment and refer to it before and after each use. Additional information regarding auxiliary equioment can be found in NFPA 1500 and NFPA 1858 and NFPA 1983, incorporated in the 2022 edition of NFPA 2500.

• Petzl.com.

References

• Petzl.com

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