Increased customer awareness and standards development have given rise to more stringent testing requirements of fall protection products. To meet this demand, Gravitec offers third-party testing services for conformity and compliance of fall protection equipment.
Third-party qualification and verification testing is carried out in the Gravitec Training Institute (GTI) at our ISO 17025 accredited testing facility. ISO 17025 accreditation for calibration and testing laboratories provides end users with added assurance of the accuracy and repeatability of test results.
Conformity assessment through third-party testing ensures that products meet performance requirements. The scope of Gravitec's ISO 17025 accreditation for ANSI Z359 and CSA Z259 conformity assessment includes:
- Activation force testing of energy absorbers
- Static strength testing of energy absorbers
- Dynamic performance testing of energy absorbers
- Static strength testing of full body harnesses
- Dynamic performance testing of full body harnesses
- Static strength testing of positioning lanyards
- Dynamic strength testing of positioning lanyards
- Qualification testing of anchorage connectors
- Dynamic strength testing of fall arresters
- Dynamic performance testing of fall arresters
- Static strength testing of self-retracting lifelines (SRLs)
- Dynamic strength testing of self-retracting lifelines (SRLs)
- Dynamic performance testing of self-retracting lifelines (SRLs)
- Retraction tension testing of self-retracting lifelines (SRLs)
- Static strength testing of ladder climbing devices
- Dynamic performance testing of ladder climbing devices
- Dynamic strength testing of ladder climbing devices