Legal requirements on handling and storing airbags and emergency tensioning retractor units - AH91.00-P-0004-01A
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Legal regulations on handling and storing airbags and emergency tensioning retractors
All subsequently listed legal requirements apply to the Federal Republic of Germany. In other countries, the valid national and local legal requirements must be observed.
Airbag and emergency tensioning retractor units are class T1. pyrotechnical objects. Their handling, transport and storage are subject to the German Act Concerning Potentially Explosive Substances "Gesetz uber explosionsgefahrliche Stoffe". Only a limited number of class T1 pyrotechnical objects may be stored in buildings which are used for commercial purposes.
According to appendix 6 of the annex to the 2nd explosive directive, the maximum storage volume listed in the following is permitted in commercially used buildings under consideration of certain regulations (e.g. a steel cabinet) without special approval by the responsible authority:
- Work room, 10 kg net
- Storage room, 100 kg net
In order to calculate it, the net mass of the explosive contained in the respective component, for which the legal explosive permit has been granted, must be used:
- Each driver airbag, 0.1 kg
- Each front passenger airbag, 0.3 kg
- Each sidebag, 0.05 kg
- Each emergency tensioning retractor, 0.001 kg
- Each windowbag, 0.004 kg
Airbags and emergency tensioning retractor units must not be stored in the immediate vicinity of easily/highly flammable and fire-inducing materials.
Acquiring, transport, storage, installation and removal as well as scrapping may only be performed by trained personnel in observance of all applicable safety regulations. The use of a vehicle's passenger compartment to transport such materials is strictly prohibited!
Always stow the airbag and emergency tensioning retractor units in their original packaging in the trunk or load compartment of the vehicle in a secure fashion so as to prevent them from sliding around.