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01-18-2008, 10:45 PM #1
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Airbag 101
well..... i make airbag inflators... driver airbag inflators..............
and i wanted to say.......... after seeing and making them for over half a year now... i never want one inflate in my face..
you have no idea of what goes into those things.......
scary!@
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01-18-2008, 10:53 PM #2
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01-18-2008, 10:54 PM #3
yeah yeah...me wants to konw!
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01-18-2008, 10:57 PM #4
its basically a small 22 charge i think. 2 squib connectors send the signal and WHAMMO. the current airbags deploy at a much lesser rate then the first generation thats for sure.
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01-18-2008, 11:03 PM #5
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all the chemicals they use cause cancer.......and its all class 3 explosive... my nose bleeds every morning in the shower because of it...
anyway... you have a thing called an initiator that sends a charge to a thing called an enhancer.. that sets off like 40 grams of propellant......... and the metal they use is like paper thin on most of the parts... the only gm product we make goes in pontiacs..
they are like grenades.. ahah
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01-18-2008, 11:07 PM #6
i heard gto's got discontinued cuz of the airbags..is this true?
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01-18-2008, 11:08 PM #7
they don't do anything to protect you? I would think the safety precautions would be pretty good in manufacturing. osha would have a field day on this i think? theres safety standards bro. I wouldn't continue if i was getting nosebleeds on account of it. You have a long life ahead of you
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01-18-2008, 11:09 PM #8
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no clue....Its sad how corners are cut in the manufacturing of these..
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01-18-2008, 11:11 PM #9
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I load over 100 pounds of propellant a day....i never had a nosebleed until i started working there......same for my boss... i know our plant that manufactures the propellant has to take showers and wear a mask... kinda gay..
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01-18-2008, 11:13 PM #10
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01-18-2008, 11:19 PM #11
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01-18-2008, 11:30 PM #12
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Its not hard to breath and i cant smell any chemicals..but all the parts are made by machines but someone has to put in parts and fix and clean them........ its really fun and easy and its 1/4 mile from my house.. so...yeah.. but i just wanted to raise awareness about how everything is made by the lowest bidder nowadays.
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01-19-2008, 05:33 AM #13
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Black, Black- 2011 "Generic" Gasser
Radon has no smell yet causes lung cancer.
Don't be foolish and let your company get away with this. A nose bleeding is your body saying to you that something is seriously wrong. Get copies of your MSDS (Which by law your company must have on hand, also part of "right to know" act) and take a look at them. Red flags abound here Man. Don't wait 'till it's too late.
PM me the chemical names and I'll take a look and let you know what you should or shouldn't be doing.
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01-19-2008, 05:39 AM #14
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01-19-2008, 06:38 AM #15
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01-19-2008, 08:09 PM #16
Airbags suck. In 97' I had a brand new S10 that I got in a wreck with. It only had a drivers side bag. Me and my buddy were in the truck at the time. Because of the bag i looked like somebody kicked my ass. I had a busted lip, bloody nose and both of my wrists got cut. My buddy didn't have a scratch on him. I definately would prefer not to have airbags.
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01-19-2008, 08:13 PM #17
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01-19-2008, 08:21 PM #18
they got liquid glass in them.........My physics teacher set on off. It looked quite painfull.
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01-19-2008, 08:33 PM #19
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I nailed a tree head on in a 2000 F150 a couple years ago, Airbag saved my ass. It did burn the hair off my arms and leave 1 cut on each arm in the exact same place. Also the cab was so thick with smoke I couldn't breath
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01-19-2008, 08:49 PM #20
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