Compact Ladders

 

Lyon is the leading manufacturer of flexible sided ladders.  Our experience draws on over 40 years of ladder production.  Supplying worldwide our handmade high quality ladders are used extensively throughout industry and in the outdoors.

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COMPACT Ladders

General purpose ladders, for applications such as manhole entry, caving and access to lighting trusses.
Key features:

 - 5 or 10 metres as standard.  Special order lengths up to 20 metres.
 - Join together for longer lengths
 - Compact design allows easy storage and transport
 - Two rung spacing options:
 - 25 cm for easier climbing
 - 30 cm for lower weight and cost
 - Types of COMPACT ladders
 - REGULAR – the most popular style – durable and versatile. Recommended for frequent use.
 - LIGHTWEIGHT – for situations where weight and cost are more important than  durability. Only recommended for infrequent use.
 - BLACK RUNG - with stainless steel wire rope sides – for where corrosion is a risk, e.g. marine environments.  Also useful in theatres or where black is required.

Click here to download the compact ladder specification 

   

 

Essential accessories for COMPACT ladders

 mallion-rapides-eylet  

Eyelet (galvanised) Maillon Rapide 
 - Lightweight screw-link connectors with high strength
 - Permanently fixed to the ladder during manufacture to prevent loss
 - Ideal for industrial use, can be used on many types of anchor
 - Request at the time of ordering as these cannot be fitted after manufacture

Eylet Maillon Rapide come in two specifications click here 

     
 maillon-rapide  

Removable (stainless steel) Maillon Rapide 
 - Lightweight screw-link connectors with high strength 
 - Fitted or replaced by the user

Click here for further details 

     
 c-links   C-links (stainless steel) 
 - Permanently fixed to the ladder during manufacture to prevent loss
 - Easy to connect together, even with cold wet hands
 - Lightweight – for caving use only
 - Request at the time of ordering as these cannot be fitted after manufacture
 - For use on COMPACT REGULAR and COMPACT LIGHTWEIGHT ladders only
 - Breaking load 250 kg
     
 spreaders  

Spreaders (available in galvanised or stainless steel)
 - Y’ shaped extension for connecting a COMPACT ladder to a single anchor point.
 - Gives correct angle between ends of wire rope sides and top rung – too acute an angle causes wear on the wire rope and excessive loading.
 - Available with three different terminations, to match ladder terminations.
 - Supplied with swaged eye ends – connect to ladder with removable screw-link connectors or karabiners

For further information about our range of spreaders click here 

     
 wire-belay  

Wire rope belays (galvanised) 4 mm or 7 mm
 - Used for suspending the ladder from large objects, such as beams or natural rock features
 - Available with swaged eyes for use with Maillon Rapides or karabiners (max 12 mm bar diameter)

4 mm version
 - Available with C-links (to attach to ladders already fitted with C-links) or swaged eye ends
 - 1 m, 1.5 m, 2 m and 3 m lengths

7 mm version
 - With protective plastic sleeve - more hard wearing for industrial use
 - Plastic sleeve helps to protect the anchor point from damage and helps to protect the wire rope from acute bending
 - 0.5 m, 0.75 m, 1 m, 1.5 m, 2 m and 3 m lengths.  Other lengths made to order.

For further Belay specifications click here 

     
 rapid-deployment-pouch   Storage and rapid deployment pouch
 - PVC pouch held closed with press-studs and Velcro
 - Keeps ladder neatly rolled ready for easy deployment
 - Capacity for up to 10 metre long COMPACT ladder.

 

Please Note:
Flexible sided ladders and their accessories are not Personal Protective Equipment.
Flexible sided ladders must always be used with a separate fall protection system.
Flexible sided ladders are not suitable for emergency escapes. It is extremely difficult to use these ladders safely if you are in any way incapacitated.
 
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