Documents in our library describe As-48S (Armstrong Cork) as “asbestos & sbr rubber product (accobest line rubber gaskets)”.1
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around As-48S (Armstrong Cork) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Armstrong World Industries asbestos trust. Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about As-48S (Armstrong Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos & SBR rubber product (Accobest line rubber gaskets)” (as of 1973), p. 591
Kind of product
We list As-48S (Armstrong Cork) with gaskets and packing, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics.
Other gaskets and packing by Armstrong Cork (3)
Gaskets and packing by other makers (208)
Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Flexatallic (Flexatalic Gasket Corp.) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Spirotallic (Johns-Manville) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Akron (AMG Industries) · Amflex (Anchor Packing) · Anchor 1106 (Anchor Packing) · Anchor 1108 (Anchor Packing) · Anchor 118 (Anchor Packing) · Anchor 1317NL (Anchor Packing) · Anchor 809 (Anchor Packing) · Asbesteel (Faul & Timmins) · Asbestext (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Asbestopac (Victor) · Asbestopak (Felt Products Mfg. Co.) · Asbestoprene (Victor Products) · Asbestoprene (Victor) · Asbestos (Nicolet) · Asbestos paper (GAF) · and 188 more: all gaskets and packing
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
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
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