Documents in our library describe Accobest (Armstrong Cork) as “roll and sheet in 1/64" and 1/32" gauges; die-cut parts from armstrong approved fabricators”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Accobest (Armstrong Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Armstrong: Gasket Materials (1967)
- Description: “Accobest gasket material, high-density asbestos: AN-8012, first of a new family of heavy-duty asbestos gasket materials”, p. 51
- Binder: “nitrile-butadiene latex on asbestos fibers, fully vulcanized”, p. 51
- Use: “replacement for compressed asbestos, same temperature ranges”, p. 51
- Form: “roll and sheet in 1/64" and 1/32" gauges; die-cut parts from Armstrong Approved Fabricators”, p. 51
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “gaskets”, p. 502
Kind of product
We list Accobest (Armstrong Cork) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Armstrong Cork (2)
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (381)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · 4.2 Careystone (Philip Carey) · 702 (Owens-Corning) · 703 (Owens-Corning) · 703G (Owens-Corning) · 705 (Owens-Corning) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · AC Board (Philip Carey) · Ace Corspan (Johns-Manville) · Acousteel (Celotex) · Acousti-celotex (Celotex) · Agedroc (Atlas Asbestos) · Agedroc AO (Atlas Asbestos) · Agedroc MS (Atlas Asbestos) · Air Cell (GAF) · Air Cell (Mundet Cork) · and 361 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Armstrong Cork: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Armstrong Cork on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Armstrong: Gasket Materials (January 1, 1967), p. 5.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 50. Not yet published in our library.
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