Product Innovation – DMM Edgehog: Innovative Rope Protection

The Edgehog is a DMM innovation designed for the rope access industry that addresses the issue of safeguarding ropes fed through mesh gratings. Open mesh flooring is commonly used for decking, walkways and platforms on many industrial work sites such as oil rigs, refineries and chemical plants etc.

In order to work below such fittings or gain rescue access, ropes rigged above the grating and passing through it, require greater rope protection than that offered by current solutions. Insufficient protection against sharp edges can cause rope damage, and in the worst case scenario, rope failure.

The Edgehog (EH200) isolates the ropes from the edges of the grating in two smooth tubes with rope friendly radii that are long enough to ensure sufficient clearance with all the mesh flooring we have encountered.

The device simply and quickly bolts to the grating with a 17 mm spanner (can be supplied). The Edgehog has a low profile to minimise the trip hazard and is constructed entirely from marine grade stainless steel for corrosion resistance. It will take ropes up to and including 13 mm in diameter. While the rope can enter the device at an angle of up to 90° it is recommended that on exit the rope makes an angle of no greater than 30° to the vertical.

Materials

• 316 Stainless steel nuts and bolts
• Casting equivalent of 316 stainless steel body

Specifications

• Marine grade stainless steel for enhanced corrosion resistance in offshore environments
• Low profile to minimise trip hazard
• Hex bolts provided for securing to grating
• Maximum rope diameter: 13mm 
• 17mm spanner available

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