MPD (Multi-Purpose Device)

An Innovation in Rope Rescue! Pulley / Rescue Belay / Descent Control Pat. 7,658,264 The MPD allows you to go from lowering to raising without changing hardware.More than nine years of research and development went into the patented Multi-Purpose Device (MPD), which features major innovations in advanced technical hardware for rope rescue professionals. The MPDs high-efficiency pulley, with an integral rope-grab mechanism, allows it to be used as a lowering device on the main line and belay line systems and be quickly changed over to a raising system without switching out or replacing hardware. The combination of essential features into a single device simplifies on-scene rigging, expediting the rescue. The revolutionary MPD increases user safety with: Reduced Weight Fewer Components Faster Rigging Quick Changeovers Simplified Training Lower Risk The MPD is UL Classified as a Pulley, Descent Control, and Belay device. Specs Variable-friction descent control device for rescue systems