540° ™ Rescue Belay LARGE - for 11.5 - 13 mm ropes

New! 540° ™ Rescue Belay SMALL - for 10.6 - 11.6 mm ropes

Designed by Rigging for Rescue, the innovative 540°™ Rescue Belay is specifically engineered to meet the demands of belaying rescue-sized loads. Key features of the 540°™ Rescue Belay:

• Limits both stopping distance and peak force
• Simple and easy to use
• Self-locking with sudden falls
• Built-in release lever eliminates need for separate release device
• Gentle to the rope
• UL certified to NFPA 1983-2001 General Use Auxiliary Equipment

540°™ Rescue Belay (SMALL or LARGE):
Separate models are available for teams using either 11.1 or 12.7 mm kernmantle rescue ropes. With both the Small and Large models, because of its bi-directional rope loading design, either end of the rope exiting the device can be used to attach to the load, thereby reducing the chance of an improperly loaded device.

540°™ Rapide Rescue Belay (SMALL):
If quickly taking-in belay rope is important to your team, then consider using the 540°™ Rapide Rescue Belay. It is different than the 'standard' 540° in that it only locks on the rope on one side, and therefore has more specific rope loading requirements. The advantage of the Rapide's uni-directional rope loading requirement is that it allows belay rope to be rapidly taken-in without inadvertantly locking-off the rope. The 10.6-11.6 mm model will be available in Fall/Winter of 2001.

Notes to Graph (sample tests): · all tests are 1 m drop of 280 kg onto 3 m of 12.5 mm PMI EZ Bend Rope · 8 mm Tandem Prusik test with no release hitch

The 540°™ Rescue Belay passes demanding Belay Competence Drop Test Criteria of being able to catch a 1m drop of 280kg (617lbm) rescue sized load onto 3m of 12.7 mm kernmantle rescue rope, within 1m of additional travel (pre-bound), and with less than 15kN peak force.

For example, a sample test of 1m drop on 3m of 12.5 mm PMI EZ bend rope with a 280kg mass resulted in a peak force of 12.9kN with only 62cm of additional travel, pre-bound, and only 24cm of rope slippage through the 540°™ Rescue Belay.