Documents in our library describe Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) as “sheet sizes ranging from 10'0" to 4'0" by 4'0" and 2'0" in 3/16, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch thicknesses”.1 They give it as sold from 1963.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1963, August 1963
- Sold from: “has been added to the Asbestolux range of products”, said by Cape Building Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Use: “wall lining, infill panels, ducting, door facings and also for sub-flooring; fire resisting wall linings, fire breaks, lift shaft linings”, said by Cape Building Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Description: “a 60-pound density wallboard has been added to the Asbestolux range of products”, said by Cape Building Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Form: “sheet sizes ranging from 10'0" to 4'0" by 4'0" and 2'0" in 3/16, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 inch thicknesses”, said by Cape Building Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “Asbestolux "60" (listed, product not given)” (as of 1963), p. 572
Kind of product
We list Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) 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.
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestile (Asbestile S.A.) · Asbesto-sponge (Johns-Manville) · Asbestobiex (Cape Asbestos) · Asbestoboard (Johns-Manville) · Asbestobord (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) · Asbestone (British Uralite) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) · Asbestoroc (Keasbey & Mattison) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1963, August 1963 (August 1, 1963), p. 13.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 57. Not yet published in our library.
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“Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/cape-asbestos-group-asbestolux-60.
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