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Noramite (Cape Asbestos)

Documents in our library describe Noramite (Cape Asbestos) as “mat; tape for winding; polyester based dough moulding compound; epoxy based flock; spraying fibres, crocidolite roving; and asbestos paper”.1 They give it as sold from 1958.2 The asbestos named is amosite and crocidolite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Noramite (Cape Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1965, September 1965

  • Form: “mat; tape for winding; polyester based dough moulding compound; epoxy based flock; spraying fibres, crocidolite roving; and asbestos paper”, said by Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 111

Asbestos Magazine, 1958, January 1958

  • Sold from: “Noramite identifies a group of new products”, p. 372
  • Asbestos fiber: “all based on Amosite or Crocidolite asbestos”, p. 372
  • Asbestos fiber: “all based on Amosite or Crocidolite asbestos”, p. 372

Asbestos Magazine, 1964, May 1964

  • Binder: “carded into mat form and bonded with polyester or phenolic resin”, said by Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 83
  • Use: “lining of storage tanks, pickling and plating tanks and pipework”, said by Cape Insulation and Asbestos Products Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 83
  • Description: “blue asbestos fiber reinforcement” (as of 1967), p. 964

Kind of product

We list Noramite (Cape Asbestos) with paper, felt and millboard, cloth, tape and other textiles and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

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

Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (299)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · No. 41-Rpd (Raybestos-Manhattan) · No. 411 Asbestos Underlayment (Nicolet) · No. 45 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · No. 50 (Johns-Manville) · No. 55 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Non Burn Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · Non-burn Asb Paper (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (North American Asbestos) · Nordeskafilt (Nordesk A Moskinfilt Aktiebologet) · Norriscell (Nicolet) · Nu-wrap Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Nycinsul (Johns-Manville) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Pan-o-cel (Johns-Manville) · Paperbestos (Johns-Manville) · and 279 more: all paper, felt and millboard

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) · MX 5385 Cloth (Coated) (Johns-Manville) · Niagarite (Johns-Manville) · Nicofil (Nicolet) · Nicolon (Nicolet) · No Dust (Consolidated Asbestos) · No. 118 Kearsarge Gaskets (Johns-Manville) · No. 55 Cable Fireproofing Tape (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (North American Asbestos) · Novabestos (Irvington) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Nu-Flex (Car-Mon Products) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Palmetto Cabcock (Greene Tweed & Co.) · Pars (Pars Manufacturing) · Perf-a-tape (U.S. Gypsum) · and 281 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

See also

  • Cape Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1965, September 1965 (September 1, 1965), p. 11.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1958, January 1958 (January 1, 1958), p. 37.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1964, May 1964 (May 1, 1964), p. 8.
  4. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 96. Not yet published in our library.

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