The Energy Absorber consists of a special white inner polyamide core which absorbs the arresting forces in the event of a fall. The coloured webbing serves as a back up. The clear protective covering helps in easy and fast visual inspection.

HOW DOES THE ENERGY ABSORBER WORK

Shock / Energy Absorbers are designed to be incorporated in Personal Fall Arrest or Travel Restraint System. The unique design of tear webbing (used in Energy Absorber) has the ability to withstand high impact pressure thus preventing serious injury during a fall. Tear webbing of Shock / Energy Absorber is designed differently & generally involves using two strips (or halves) of webbing that are then woven together again a second time to form a single piece of webbing, but with two end ‘ears’. The ‘ears’ are then sewn together with a piece of regular webbing in a circular loop, which is designed to be a ‘back-up’ strap. During a fall from height, the shock (Kinetic Energy) is to be absorbed in a controlled manner. The fall is not stopped abruptly, thus minimizing injury with gradual deceleration taking place as the progressive tearing of the webbing irreversibly absorbs the Kinetic Energy of the fall. The purpose of Shock / Energy Absorbers is to absorb energy that is created as the body falls towards the ground under that gravity. The ‘shock’ of the fall is reduced with an energy-dissipating system that starts to take up energy applied to it over 200 kg of fall force. Under the European Standard EN 355:2002, this must not allow the body to receive a force exceeding 6 kN