Documents in our library describe Pabco Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) as “pipe and block insulation; molded elbows”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1500 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Pabco Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Letter to plaintiff regarding product information
Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995)
- Made at: “Plant: Lincoln Parrish Parrish Road 336 Grambling, LA 71245” (at Grambling, LA), p. 1482
- Made at: “Pabco Div. Fibreboard Corp. 1110-16 Road Fruita, CO 81521 Plant: Same address” (at Fruita, CO), p. 1482
- Use: “Pabco Super Caltemp listed under MIL-I-2781 Insulation, Pipe, Thermal (QPL-2781-60, 13 October 1995)” (as of 1995; sales to U.S. Navy), p. 1602
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “Pabco Super Caltemp (listed, product not given)” (as of after 1972 no asbestos), p. 973
Kind of product
We list Pabco Super Caltemp (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.) · Nicolet (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Company) · No. 12 Insulation Block (Refractory & Insulation) · No. 19 (Refractory & Insulation) · No. 6 High Temperature Cement (Baldwin-Hill) · Non-sweat (Keasbey & Mattison) · Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Norwal (Nicolet) · Perfection Pipe Covering (Johns-Manville) · Pipecoverings (U.S. Gypsum) · Plisulate (Plibrico Jointless Firebrick) · Precision-molded (Ehret/Keene) · Precision-molded (Mundet Cork) · Precision-molded (Philip Carey) · PV Supertemp Block (Eagle-Picher) · Pyro-bestos (U.S. Gypsum) · 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 Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Letter to plaintiff regarding product information (March 18, 1970), p. 1.
- Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (April 13, 1989), p. 148.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 97. Not yet published in our library.
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