Documents in our library describe Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) as “a new formulation developed by porter's thermoid division”.1 They give it as sold from 1970.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 1000 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, December 1970
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “cloth” (as of 1976), p. 522
Kind of product
We list Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by H. K. Porter (22)
Cleangard · Weldgard · Flamegard · Guardian · Porterlag · Style 5621 Asbestos Wick · Tadpole · Therm-a-gard · Thermoid Custom Lag · Type 2 Porter Tape · Type 4 Porter Tape · Type 6 Porter Tape · Covergard · Heatgard · Hi-Luster · Inslgard · Portersite · Rwl-100 · Soundgard · Splashgard · and 2 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (279)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Ablatape (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Ablatube (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Advance 1211 (Advance Glove) · Advance 1253 (Advance Glove) · Advance Barbecue Chef (Advance Glove) · Air Cell (GAF) · Allbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · American Colonial (Johns-Manville) · Amosite Cloth (Unarco) · AO Thermogarb (American Optical) · Apg Hewitt (Allied Polymer Group) · Applon A Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Applon T Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Armaturo Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Asbestall (U.S. Rubber) · and 259 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- H. K. Porter: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- H. K. Porter on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1970, December 1970 (December 1, 1970), p. 26.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 52. Not yet published in our library.
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