Air Bag Systems: Service and Repair

Airbag, Belt Tensioner and Battery Cut-Out Units, Storage, Transporting and Disposal

• Storage must conform to national legislation.

• Transport must conform to national and international guidelines, whereby packaging, identification and shipping documents are controlled to the greatest detail.

• Undeployed pyrotechnic components must be disposed of in an orderly manner, conforming to national legislation, in their original packaging! Direct questions to your importer!

• Only pyrotechnic components, which have been ignited completely, may be disposed in industrial waste.


• This does not apply to Wankelstraffer belt tensioners. Handle these as if they were undeployed pyrotechnic components such as airbags, seat belts and battery disconnect components.

• Workshop equipment cannot determine if Wankelstraffer belt tensioners have deployed all pyrotechnic materials.