Dynacord D 12 [20/40] General assembling instructions

Safety Factors

Accessories for the attachment of loudspeaker enclosures and PA systems are safety-relevant parts, which can endanger lives

and health of humans during failure. Therefore the following guidelines were written, whose safety factors are to be kept. These

are very highly put on due to wear, continuous stress etc. that also after use for many years still further safe handling can be

ensured. Unfortunately many regulations in the reference to safety factors cannot be assigned always clearly and are often

handled country-specifi cally.

Various standards specify the safety factors:

Table according to BGV C1: Safety factor

Chains, ropes, shackles, eye bolts,

elements for fi xed installation

Factor 5

The maximum working load of manufacturers of commercial lifting and rigging hardware show usually other safety factors than

demanded in thestage and studio areas.

Table according to DIN 292-2:

Lifting accessories Safety factor

Wire ropes Factor 5

Chains from welded links Factor 4

Textile fi ber belts Factor 7

Metal parts Factor 4

connection

leading of a test book is important, in which all accessories with their data and the recurring inspection are registered and are

thus available at any time for potential controls.

General Safety References

Assembly accessories of Dynacord loudspeaker systems may be used exclusively considering the assembly instruction and in

accordance with the BGV C1 regulations.

In order to keep the safety criteria it will be expressly pointed out that an overload can be caused in the event of non-observance

of the assembly instruction, changes of any kind of the accessories as well as installing the accessories to systems of other

manufacturers.

All components may be connected only in the prescribed way and used in such a way.

6.15 (BGV C1).

This must happen with help of steel cables “(Safeties)” and/or chains, which are dimensioned for this working-load. A use of

plastic-encased wire ropes is not permissible expressly. The safety devices specifi ed in the regulations as well as the maximum

head of 20cm are to be kept.

Flown loudspeakers must be secured always against falling down by an additional, independent suspension point. This happens

e.g. with a suffi ciently dimensioned steel cable “(Safety)”.

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