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 Air Bag Usage Safety (Warning!)
1. PREASURE CONTROLL
It is important not to exceed the allotted amount of pressure while the airbag is employed.

2. AVOID SHARP OBJECTS

It is necessary to keep all sharp metal and hard objects that can cause a puncture away from
the Air Bag.

3. PREVENT WARPING
To the best of all capability try to avoid warping caused by directional movement and uneven
pressures. For example, when a dual hulled vessel is being launched by the use of airbags, each
hull should have its own separate line of airbags, otherwise warping may occur.

4. Avoid sudden strikes to the airbags

Special care needs to be taken while removing the ships support pillars. If there is any remaining
supporting pillars while the bags are being inflated, do not remove them. The bags have to be
inflated to the appropriate capacity for smooth transferring of the ships weight. If the pillars are
removed prior to the bags being inflated enough to transfer the weigh of the ship, the sudden
shift of weight, combined with the ship dropping from the removal of the pillars, could cause the
bags to explode. At the proper time the appropriate amount of inflation pressure should be
inserted. This will lift the hull of the ship off of the supporting pillars. Only at this time, may the
pillars be removed. If there is any other sudden striking of the air bags during their employment
it may result in damage to the airbags.

5. Maintenance and pressure testing

After prolonged use, passage of time, or repair, the air bag should be tested to ensure safety.
The bag should be inflated to 1.2 times the amount of pressure that is going to be needed to
launch the ship. For safety, during this test it is recommended that the experimenter leaves at
least 10 feet distance between themselves and the airbag. If the airbag is repaired from any
large scale damage it is highly recommended that this bag only be used for less pressure
undertakings. All of the frequently used air bags should undergo inspection annually (At least
once per year). This is a important safety measure.
 Air bag repair Step
Ship Manufacturing Company Used the airbags to launch their ship which caused some minor
damage. As long as the rubber is new enough to retain it's elasticity (there are no minor cracks
from age or stickiness), then the damaged area may undergo repair. It is recommended that the
heated fusing of rubber process known as vulcanization be used for the repair. The process is as
follows;

1. Wash and clean the surface of the airbag.

Use water to clean the damaged area. Clean the inside and outside around the damaged area.
Clear the surface areas of all sedimentary debris, oil impurity, or any other form of dirt
contaminant. Then allow the areas to air dry. When the airbag is submerge in water for the
washing be sure not to leave it in the water for more than ten minutes.

2. soak the a seperate piece of rubber in gasonline(93#), let the rubber fully desolve, it will
create a sticky porus mixture, the formula of rubber to gas is about 1:5 by weight.

3. use a sander to ruff up the area around the damaged surface, use a brush to wisk away the
remaining dirt.

4. insert a crude rubber strip that has been brushed with the prepaired mixture, with the sticky
side up. Make sure the strip is larger than the size of the breached opening.

5. on both sides of the punctured area seperate each layer of rubber. brush the soaked
rubber mixture on every rubber layer then press it to the corresponding layer opposite of the
brushed side. Afer all the layers have been put together press and flatten the now repaired
breach (we use a 200kg steel wheel)

6. On the top rubber layer (the surface of airbag), use a crude rubber strip to seal the opening,
the crude rubber strip size is 1mm thickness, 2cm-3cm width.

7. push out the remaining air out of the airbag

8. Heat Vulcanize
Refer to the heat vulcanization work bench diagram
Use a 2cm thicker iron sheet, put it in the furnace till the temperature reaches 160℃，press it to
the damaged area, pressure about 0.5-0.6MPa, note to put talcum powder and gauze between
iron sheet and airbag.
Keep it there about 1.5hours, all the work is finished.
Diagram : 1 WORK BENCH

Note: You can also make a simple electricity tool to heat up the iron sheet

Packing
Fold like following pictures: