Documents in our library describe Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) as “actually made from waste super caltemp block and pipe covering, although it is called simply "caltemp."”.1 They give it as made from 1968.1
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Pictures
How Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Product photograph: PABCO CALTEMP CEMENTProduct photograph · ACL Doc 15170
Package: PABCO Caltemp Cement bag (Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.)Label or package · ACL Doc 20692
Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Owens Corning/Fibreboard asbestos trust (Fibreboard subfund). Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Letter to plaintiff regarding product information
- Made from: “1968 to date” (as of 1970), p. 21
- Asbestos content: “less than 15% asbestos”, p. 21
- Description: “actually made from waste Super Caltemp Block and Pipe Covering, although it is called simply "Caltemp."”, p. 21
- Ingredient: “Hydrous Calcium Silicate”, p. 21
Kind of product
We list Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Fibreboard (13)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (263)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Cal Temp (Pabco Products) · Calcium Silicate (Unarco) · Calsilite (GAF) · Calsilite (Ruberoid) · Calsilite Insulation Cement (GAF) · Calsilite-H1 (Ruberoid) · Calsilite-Hi (GAF) · Caposil 1400 (Cape Asbestos) · Caposite (Holmes Foundry) · Caposite Plus (Cape Insulation) · Carey Cal-silicate (Philip Carey) · Carey-temp (Celotex) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · and 243 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Fibreboard: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Fibreboard on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
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