glossary
Ballast tiles, stanchions, DoP, 70° versus 90° — the vocabulary this catalogue uses, in plain words.
note Definitions, not specifications. Load and performance figures live in the declarations of performance on documents.
- DoPDeclaration of Performance
- The manufacturer’s published statement of a product’s declared performance characteristics. The DoP tables in our documents carry the wind and imposed-load values for each system.documents
- EN 13374NEN-EN 13374:2013+A1:2019
- The European standard for temporary edge protection systems. The current certificate for the Protector Guardrail system is published inside the installation manual.documents
- Stanchion
- The vertical post of a guardrail. It carries the handrail and the intermediate rail and is what the base holds upright.
- Ballast tile
- A concrete counterweight laid onto the base. The tiles are what hold a freestanding guardrail down, so a configuration is named partly by the tile size it takes — 30×30×6, 50×50×5 and so on, in centimetres.
- Toeboard
- The upstand along the bottom edge of a guardrail run, which stops tools and materials sliding off the edge.
- L-Base
- A base whose ballast sits on one side of the stanchion, in an L. The narrowest footprint of the three base shapes.L-Base configurations
- T-Base
- A base whose ballast arm runs perpendicular to the edge, in a T. Published in 500 mm and 1000 mm arm lengths.T-Base 500 configurationsT-Base 1000 configurations
- X-Base
- A base whose ballast is spread over arms on both sides of the stanchion, in an X. Ultra X-Base is a separate family built on the same shape.X-Base configurationsUltra X-Base configurations
- 70° and 90°
- The angle at which the stanchion stands relative to the surface. 90° stands it vertical; 70° sets it at an incline. The payload labels both as “upward”, and every configuration name carries its angle.guide: 70° or 90°all 70° configurationsall 90° configurations
- Foldable
- A configuration whose stanchion folds down flat without being dismantled — for storage, transport, or clearing a sight line.all foldable configurations
- Stacked
- A ballast arrangement in which tiles are laid two deep rather than one, adding counterweight without widening the footprint. Named in the configuration, e.g. 50×50×5 stacked.all stacked configurations
- BOMBill of Materials
- The itemised parts list for a configuration: every part, its quantity and its mass. Every configuration page publishes its own; /parts/table/ is the catalogue-wide one.catalogue-wide parts table
- IFC / GLB
- IFC is the openBIM exchange format the source models are drawn in; GLB is the compressed 3D format the viewer on each configuration page renders. Both describe the same geometry.