Edelrid - Starling Protect PRO DRY 8,2mm - News 2021
It is precisely in the alpine environment that ropes are often exposed to contact with sharp edges. For this reason we have now enhanced the proven STARLING half rope with our Protect technology for significantly higher cut resistance.
In our Protect ropes the sock is reinforced with aramid fibers (Kevlar) which are inserted into the sock with a particular process without changing the dynamic properties of the rope and strengthening it when cut.
- Water repellent and resistant to dirt over time thanks to the Pro Dry finish
- Water absorption <2% based on UIAA Water Repellent Test
- Thermo Shield treatment for easier handling
- Does not twist during use thanks to 3D wrapping
- Higher sock thickness and aramid treatment for greater shear resistance of the sock under load, e.g. on sharp edges
Technical features:
- 8.2mm diameter
- Number of falls: 7/25
- Weight: 42 gr / mt
- sock thickness: 42%
- impact force: 7.0 / 10.2 kN
- elongation dinamico: 28/24%
- static elongation: 5.5%
- sock sliding: 0 mm
- Single homologation: no
- Half approval: yes
- Twin homologation: yes
Technologies:
- 3D Lap coil
- Pro Dry
- Cut Protect
- Thermo Shield
- Bluesign certification
Cut Protect
The development of a new braiding process and the combination of high strength aramid and polyamide fibers allow us to produce ropes with high cut resistance while meeting the standard for dynamic mountain ropes, as the current standard for dynamic ropes mountain does not include a test procedure for the evaluation of the cut resistance, EDELRID has developed its own test that allows to quantify the cut resistance in a reliable way.
3D Lap Coil
As soon as a new EDELRID rope is in your hands, all you want to do is start climbing right away. However, creasing and kinking during unrolling could soon spoil the joy of the new purchase.
From now on, however, this possibility, for all the EDELRID strings, belongs only to the past! The new EDELRID 3D Lap Coil technology makes the unwinding operation unnecessary. In fact, we have introduced the new Lap Coiling machine into our production system, which wraps our strings in a special way. Thanks also to a well-designed package, starting immediately to climb with the new rope is child's play, since unwinding it is really easy. The markings on the rope and the detailed description on the package make the operation even easier: you can then start using the rope immediately without annoying twisting and twisting.
Pro Dry
Untreated ropes can absorb up to 50% of their weight of water. In humid conditions these ropes become extremely heavy, unwieldy and can freeze at low temperatures. They also lose a large part of their safety margin. Pro Dry is a new treatment that has been specially developed to counter these problems. In the first phase of the treatment the threads that make up the core are impregnated. At the end of the braiding process, the finished rope (core and sock) is impregnated a second time. Finally, the impregnation is subjected to a termico fixing. The result is a rope that maintains its water-repellent characteristics and resistance to dirt for a long time. Ropes dry very quickly, experience minimal weight gain in the presence of moisture, and do not freeze easily when temperatures drop. Thanks to the reduced water absorption (1–2% according to the UIAAWater-Repellent-Test), Pro Dry ropes maintain almost unchanged performance even in humid environments, thus offering high safety margins.
The UIAA-Water-Repellent-Test is a procedure developed by the UIAA through which it is possible to measure the water-repellent characteristics of the ropes. The first phase of this test consists in subjecting a test campion to mechanical wear on the entire surface. This test simulates the wear to which the rope is actually subjected in use on rock and ice. The campione is then wetted according to a standard procedure for 15 minutes with a certain amount of water (2 l / min). The campione is weighed before and after wetting. The weight difference between dry and wet campion is then calculated as a percentage. The percentage of water absorbed must not exceed 5% of the weight of the campione rope. Ropes that meet this requirement may be marked with the "UIAA Water Repellent" mark.
Thermo Shield
Thermo Shield is the standard treatment to which all ropes are subjected to ensure the unrivaled handling of EDELRID ropes. This treatment consists of a termico process through which the threads that make up the core and the braid of the rope are perfectly harmonized with each other. Thanks to a special termico treatment, the fibers loosen inside the rope and expand. In this way, the sliding characteristics inside the rope are uniformed, making it more manageable and compact. The result is ropes that neither shrink nor stiffen quickly.
Bluesign certification
"Our ropes are clean," for the sake of the environment
Quality and safety are the basic principles that drive us right from our first steps. For the production of innovative and ecological high-performance ropes we therefore remain faithful to the creed of sustainability. It is only thanks to this principle that we are today able to set new standards in sustainable rope production.
Xxx_162_ was the first manufacturer of ropes in the world capable of adapting its products to the rigorous bluesign® system, which is the strictest ecological standard in the world for the production of textile materials. It is an independent, internationally recognized standard based on five principles: resource productivity, air emissions, occupational safety, water protection and consumer safety.
All the raw materials we use for the production of our strings are qualified as «bluesign® approved». In keeping with the optimized production that takes place here at the Isny site, our strings get the "bluesign® product" label, a label which therefore represents their quality mark and guarantees that the product has a low pollutant content. , is not harmful to health and is manufactured with environmentally friendly processes. In this way we can fulfill the natural desire of our customers to have a product that is both safe and sustainable.
And we too have learned a lot during this journey: after eight years of collaboration with Bluesign Technologies AG in Switzerland, we can draw on a rich heritage of experience in sustainable rope production. By adapting our entire line of ropes to the rigorous requirements of the bluesign® system, it was possible to achieve the following savings objectives in the coloring phase of the sock yarns:
- a CO2 reduction of 62%
- water savings of 89%
- a 63% reduction in energy consumption
- a 63% reduction in the use of chemicals
For EDELRID this represents a further step towards an increasingly sustainable future: for years we have been pursuing the path of sustainability and we wish to continue consistently in this direction also in the years to come. We do this not to give ourselves a virtuous air, but to provide a logical response to the needs of the changing times.
To be able to say, in good conscience, that "our strings are clean".
