In this illustration a 100 kilogram load is being lowered through a pulley with 10 friction.
Rope rescue lowering systems.
The belayer uses tandem prusiks or a device that is designed to catch a rescue load.
4 locking carabiners 2 prussiks minding pulleys brake bar radium.
Using the above formula and substituting 100 kilograms for the weight and 0 1 i e 10 for the friction loss shows that the hand must hold 90 kilograms.
The formula to calculate friction when lowering a load is.
Dual main system using cmc rescue mpds for lowering systems like the one shown above while functional make it very difficult to match the tension in the two ropes.
Through the use of various knots auxiliary equipment and an open mind much can be accomplished with a rescue rope.
Rope rescue system kit 2 545 everything but the rope to fully outfit the rope rescue system kit for a complete systems package this kit includes the gear to rig a main line lowering or raising system mechanical advantage and a separate belay system.
How to construct a raising and lowering system with a 3 to 1 mechanical advantage hardware.
Rescue rope is a very important tool and is without a doubt very versatile.
The resulting two rope system clearly passes both the critical point test and the whistle test the rescuer lowering the load uses a descent control device.
Rope can be used to construct raising and lowering systems highline systems mechanical advantage travel restrict systems and much much more.