
General Maintenance Information:
Visual Routine Inspection:
Operational Inspection:
Major Annual Inspection:
All children's playground equipment requires
regular inspections and maintenance works.
This applies in particular to all those units
which are mounted outdoors (throughout the
whole year) and which incorporate moving
parts or parts that are subject to wear and
tear.
The long life or our µ products can be
guaranteed only if you provide regular
maintenance and service. This is the best and
only way to permanently maintain the play
value for your children and the safety of your
µ products. You should make sure that
experts carry out all maintenance and service
works. Inexpert inspections or repairs may
endanger the safety of your children!
The maintenance of your µ products
according to these instructions is prerequisite
to the µ warranty.
Basis to these maintenance recommendations
are our many years of experience. If your local
conditions and directives, your particular
playground equipment or your own expertise
and experience require different inspections
and maintenance performances, please
adhere to the definitions given in the EN-
standard 1176-7.
7 Inspection schedule
7.1 To avoid accidents, the owner has to make
sure that an adequate inspection schedule is
developed and adhered to for each
playground. In such schedule, all local
conditions and manufacturer's indications
that may have an influence on the necessary
maintenance frequency, have to be taken into
consideration.The inspection schedule should
list all parts, which have to be checked during
the different inspections, and the inspection
procedures according to 6.2. [µ describes
the execution of the inspection according to
the procedures explained in 6.2 on the
following pages].
7.2 If severe and safety-endangering defects
are discovered during an inspection, they
should be eliminated immediately. If they
cannot be repaired or replaced at once, the
respective equipment has to be excluded from
use, e.g. by dismantling or closing it down.If
an equipment component has to be removed,
e.g. for maintenance works, all anchoring or
foundations that remain in the ground have
to be removed also or be made inaccessible by
means of covers. The construction site should
then be secured.
The EN 1176-7 requires a visual routine
inspection for playgrounds. In the case of
heavily frequented playgrounds or those
endangered by vandalism, daily checking may
be necessary. Sites in the vicinity of coasts, air
pollution and the age of the facilities may also
render daily checking necessary. In the
operative inspection, eibe specifies how often
which areas must be inspected on this piece of
equipment in order to maintain safety
standards for normal usage. After 12 months
at the latest (preferably following the winter
months) a “main annual inspection“will be
required.
At the very end of these maintenance
instructions you are offered a maintenance
report sheet for the entry of your equipment
maintenance results.
•Check your µ product for visible
damages and loose parts
•Does the ground show hard or pointed
objects (e.g. splinters of glass) and/or are the
play, fall, swing or slide areas dirty?
•Are there any exposed foundations?
•Do you identify sharp edges, broken or
missing parts?
•Are components overly worn and torn?
Please pay particular attention to moving
parts such as chains, swing joints.
•Pay particular attention to the absence of
pointed objects within the area of impact
(make sure that there are no glass splinters or
similar!). The flooring of the impact zone (e.g.
sand, pebbles, bark mulch, fall protection
tiles) must be absolutely intact and have the
correct height. Please observe the markings on
the poles and column bases.
We strongly recommend the daily inspection of
heavily used or high-vandal-risk playgrounds.
Daily inspections may also become necessary
in case of playgrounds that are close to the
coast or located in highly air-polluted areas,
or which have already been in service for a
certain period of time.
The following pages of this documentation
may comprise other information that must be
considered during the operational inspections,
for example in the step-by-step installation
instructions and the sheets on details.
All damages and defects have to be eliminated
immediately in order to guarantee the safety
and functional reliability of your µ
products.
Access to the playground equipment has to be
denied in the following cases:
•The equipment has not been fully or safely
installed
•The shock-absorbing surface has not been
fully installed
•The safety of operation cannot be
guaranteed by maintenance works
In addition to those of the "Visual Routine
Inspection”, the following checks are required:
•Are all wooden components okay? (e.g. fast
and safe connection of the ladder rungs, no
splinters or other damages)
•Are all metal parts well connected and not
worn down? ( please pay particular attention
to swing joints and chain connections and
make sure they are not worn through)
The wall thickness/corrosion on the inside of
pipes can be verified with the following test
procedure:
Electromagnetic test procedures such as eddy
current or magnetic leakage flux
measurement
ultrasound
•Are all screwed connections and bolted joints
well fit? If not, please tighten them. Moving
parts may require greasing or oiling.
The following pages of this documentation
may comprise other information that must be
considered during the operational inspections,
for example in the step-by-step installation
instructions and the sheets on details.
All damages and defects have to be eliminated
immediately in order to guarantee the safety
and functional reliability of your µ
products.
You should carry out the "Major Annual
Inspection”after the winter or at least after 12
months. In addition to those of the "Monthly
Operational Inspection”, the following checks
are required:
•Are all foundations okay and the equipment
well ancored?
•If necessary, provide all wooden, metal,
glazed and varnished parts and components
with a new finish.
•Replace joints that show severe corrosions or
heavy wear and tear.
•Wooden components: All wooden
components exposed to weather conditions
have to be checked. Please pay particular
attention to the parts planted underground as
well as to all those components, which are
essential to the static stability (e.g. cross bars
on swings, bridge supports, cableway struts)
of the playground equipment.
The following pages of this documentation
may comprise other information that must be
considered during the operational inspections,
for example in the step-by-step installation
instructions and the sheets on details.
All damages and defects have to be eliminated
immediately in order to guarantee the safety
and functional reliability of your µ
products.
EN 1176-7 Excerpts:
Inspections once every
months
Please remember to enter your results in the
maintenance report form!
Please remember to enter your results in the
maintenance report form!
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