INSPECTION DIRECTIVES AND LIFESPAN OF EQUIPMENT
SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY
Inspection Directives And Lifespan Of Equipment:
Copyright Trix Circus July 2022
This document is meant to guide and assist you with your rigging inspections. If there is any doubt about the safety of a piece of gear please retire it immediately and contact Trix Circus.
Please note that aerial fabrics are batch tested for strength and are suitable for aerial use. Although the fabric very strong, it is still a textile and highly susceptible to damage. Trix Circus accepts no responsibility for fabrics damaged during handling, practice or performance. Please make yourself aware of the DOS and DON’TS and the Product Data Sheet for aerial fabric products.
| EQUIPMENT | LIFETIME | STOP USE IMMEDIATELY AND RETIRE | STOP USE
IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACT TRIX FOR POTENTIAL RESTORATION IF… |
| Aerial Hoops/Spreader Bars | unlimited depending on wear and tear | shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal (particularly the tab)
shows 5mm or more change in shape misused, deformed, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals overloaded |
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| Aerial Silks/Hammocks | up to 5 years | tears, rips, burns, discolouration
misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors any slippage of the whipping overloaded |
small tears (depending on the location), small burns |
| Aerial Straps/Hand Loops/Lyra Straps | up to 5 years | tears, rips, discolouration
misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors stitching popping or unravelling overloaded |
stitching popping or unravelling |
| Trapezes (nylon, cotton/cable) and Lyra Ropes
(cotton/cable) |
up to 10 years | shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors or bar
shows an altered rope-to-bar angle of 100 degrees or more misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals |
shows an altered rope-to- bar angle of 100 degrees or more |
| Corde Lisse Products | up to 5 years | shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors
frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals overloaded |
frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration |
| Beam Clamps | unlimited depending on wear and tear | shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal deformed, exposed to harmful chemicals
replace nyloc nuts after each use overloaded or misused |
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| Safety Belts and
nylon/polyester webbing products (including Trix manufactured slings) |
up to 5 years | frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration (esp. on the tail and around the O rings)
O rings have deformed or worn 10% or more misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals overloaded |
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| Trix Triangles | unlimited depending on wear and tear | shows 10% or more damage/deformation
misused, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals overloaded |
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| Corde Lisse Trapeze | up to 5 years for the corde lisse
unlimited for the bar depending on wear and tear |
shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors
misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration overloaded |
shows an altered rope-to- bar angle of 100 degrees or more
frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration |
| Bungee Pack | up to 2 years | physical damage/deformation of casing cover
has extruding elastic fibres no longer provides the same bounce shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals |
Physical damage/deformation of casing cover
has extruding elastic fibres no longer provides the same bounce |
| Tissu Trapeze | up to 5 years for the fabric
unlimited for the bar depending on wear and tear |
shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors or bar
misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals tears, rips, burns, discolouration any slippage of the whipping overloaded |
small tears (depending on the location), small burns |
| Straps Trapeze | up to 5 years for the straps
unlimited for the bar depending on wear and tear |
shows 10% or more damage/deformation to any metal connectors or bar
misused, knotted, altered, damaged, exposed to harmful chemicals tears, rips, burns, discolouration any slippage of the whipping overloaded |
any slippage of the whipping
frays/tears/broken stitching/discolouration |
