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.
| 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 10% 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 |
