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Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London)

Documents in our library describe Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) as “sectional coverings, slabs and mouldings composed wholly or mainly of asbestos or mica or slag wool, all being construction materials for boilers, pipes, joints, buildings, and the like, for heat and sound insulating purposes”.1 They put its asbestos content at 100%.2 The asbestos named is amosite. It was rated for temperatures up to 1200 °F.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1934, June 1934

  • Description: “sectional coverings, slabs and mouldings composed wholly or mainly of asbestos or mica or slag wool, all being construction materials for boilers, pipes, joints, buildings, and the like, for heat and sound insulating purposes”, said by The Cape Asbestos Co., Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 361
  • Description: “For sectional coverings, slabs and mouldings composed wholly or mainly of asbestos or mica or slag wool”, said by The Cape Asbestos Co., Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), Trade Marks column (information from the National Trade Mark Co.), p. 361

Asbestos Magazine, 1932, December 1932

  • Asbestos content: “made of 100% Amosite Asbestos, no filler or binder being applied”, said by Cape Asbestos Company, Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 312
  • Asbestos fiber: “100% Amosite Asbestos”, said by Cape Asbestos Company, Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 312

Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956

  • Temperature limit: “service up to 750°F.—will insulate effectively up to 1200°F.”, p. 413

Asbestos Magazine, 1954, July 1954

  • Same product as: “United States of America (As "Unibestos" by Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. of Chicago)” (as of 1954), said by The Cape Asbestos Company Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 204

Asbestos Magazine, 1960, December 1960

  • Made at: “to manufacture its "Caposite" amosite asbestos pipe sections and blocks in Japan ... their factory at Oji” (as of 1960), said by The Cape Asbestos Company Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 435

Asbestos Magazine, 1961, February 1961

  • Made at: “Barking Works ("Caposite" amosite asbestos insulation ...); Acre Mill, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire (... "Caposite" pipe sections)” (as of 1961), said by The Cape Asbestos Company Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 186
  • Description: “rope” (as of 1950, 1961), p. 647

Kind of product

We list Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) with cloth, tape and other textiles and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Boilermakers, Electricians and Electrical Workers.

Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (301)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Beswick (Atlas Asbestos) · Beswik (Atlas Asbestos) · Blastape (Johns-Manville) · Blastube (Johns-Manville) · Brapaco (Eureka Packing) · Brown Bag (Joneric Products) · Cablegard (Quin-T) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Carosel (U.S. Rubber) · Ceilinite (Johns-Manville) · Celoron (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Chempac (Johns-Manville) · Chemtite (Johns-Manville) · Chevron Asbestos Roof Coating (Standard Oil of California) · Clarex-lageeze (Claremont Industries) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (40)

Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Chemtite (Johns-Manville) · Vee-Square (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · Aboglas (Navtar) · Asbestite (Burndy) · Asbestohm (Dossert) · Bakelite (Union Carbide) · Celoron (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Copalam (Cottrel Paper Co. Inc. (Fall River, MA)) · Diall 51-01 (Cannon Electric) · Dilecto (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Dura-Color (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Ferrobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiberloy (Rogers) · and 20 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1934, June 1934 (June 1, 1934), p. 36.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1932, December 1932 (December 1, 1932), p. 31.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956 (June 1, 1956), p. 41.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1954, July 1954 (July 1, 1954), p. 20.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1960, December 1960 (December 1, 1960), p. 43.
  6. Asbestos Magazine, 1961, February 1961 (February 1, 1961), p. 18.
  7. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 64. Not yet published in our library.

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