Caltherm was a Fibreboard thermal insulation.1,2 Fibreboard's report published by the EPA in 1990 gives one entry for "Caltemp (or Caltherm)," treating the two names as one product.2 It describes a block, pipe-covering and cement insulation made from about 1952 to 1968 that contained about 88% calcium silicate and about 12% asbestos.2
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Caltherm separately as pipe covering and block, with 12 in the column read as percent asbestos.1 It gives only one year of manufacture, 1950.1
Related: Caltemp.
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What each document says
Every statement about Caltherm (Fibreboard) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “manufactured from about 1952 to 1968”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 72
- Made until: “manufactured from about 1952 to 1968”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 72
- Ingredient: “about 88% calcium silicate”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 72
- Asbestos content: “about 12% asbestos”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 72
- Same product as: “Caltemp (or Caltherm)”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 72
Kind of product
We list Caltherm (Fibreboard) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. 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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 7.
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