So look new airbag inside out – New Technology

During the shell trying a host airbag mounting on the body. Then they take up the scissors.

– What do you have there, it is a life jacket? wonder Adis Avdic.

But it is not a life jacket as Jan Herrlin is wearing, and Under the hood will not go to sea. The vest is a Helite Airnest airbag, an inflatable safety vest for motorcyclists.

It will be a nasty blow to Jan Herrlin when Adis Avdic trips vest.

– You can not move your upper body. You become completely stiff in the back. Trying to move so it can not, says Jan Herrlin.

When the vest is inflated protects the neck, spine, hips and chest. It expands fully in just 0.12 seconds after it has been tripped. It happens quite mechanically, by a dense attached to the vehicle pulls out a sprint to the vest when the driver flies off. The example manufacturer Helite actual use is at the crash when the driver is thrown over the bike forward.

When the vest dissolved gas leaking slowly out again. The vest can then be loaded with a new cartridge and used over and over again.

Inside tygvästen find presenters conventional protective foam honeycomb. The airbag is located in the sewn channels in the vest and consists of a super strong plastic bag that can be replaced with little trouble, perhaps during service at the factory.

– A bit of a dive life jacket, said Adis Avdic.

the airbag jackets are not just for bikers. They are already quite popular in other risk sports such as horseback riding and hang gliding.

They are sold to private individuals is still relatively simple. In motorcycle racing Formula 1, Moto GP, used far more advanced air bags.

They are built into the driver’s leather suit and do not need a rope to the motorcycle to bail out. Rather than analyzing a computer board data from accelerometers and gyroscopes to determine if it is happening a crash.

Then blow up the pillow in just 15 milliseconds. It has saved the drivers at the bust runs of over 330 kilometers per hour.

Web TV program Under the hood

The program managers Adis Avdic and Jan Herrlin working everyday on the consulting company Prevas. Adis Avdic is mechanical consultant. Jan is an expert in PCB design.

All sections of New Technique Web TV series can be seen on nyteknik.se/underskalet.