Seda’s Airbag Master

Archiv – SEDA-Environmental of Kössen in Austria – Europe’s leading manufacturer of depollution and recycling equipment for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) – has developed the Airbag Master for easy removal or deactivation of air bags by car dismantlers.SEDA-Environmental of Kössen in Austria – Europe’s leading manufacturer of depollution and recycling equipment for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) – has developed the Airbag Master for easy removal or deactivation of air bags by car dismantlers.
Today’s luxury cars contain up to 17 pyrotechnic devices also known as detonating caps. The problem facing dismantlers is how safely to remove or deactivate these devices before the ELV is sent to the shredder or crusher, as required by the EU’s ELV directive. Currently, most dismantlers remove airbags and store them for collection or disposal at a later date.
SEDA’s new Airbag Master can be connected to an ELV using a 25-pin SUD-D socket. A hand-held, box-shaped control panel with 24 LEDs illuminates a single light for every airbag present in the vehicle such that, for example, a car with six airbags will cause six green lights to become illuminated.
Once the operator is satisfied that the connection has been made and the correct number of LEDs are lit, he pushes buttons on the control panel and airbags are individually detonated at intervals of approximately one second. Upon activation, the green light is replaced with a red one. The green light remains lit should an airbag fail to activate, thereby indicating to the operator that he must investigate the reason for the failed detonation or remove the device manually.
Supporting both alternating and direct current, the Airbag Master also comes with a universal cable, allowing the dismantler to deploy pyrotechnic devices without the need to purchase a specific adaptor. According to SEDA, the Airbag Master is the only official airbag activating device available and is recommended by European, US and Japanese car manufacturers in their dismantling guidelines.