Documents in our library describe Portersite (H. K. Porter) as “cloth”.1 They give it as made 1964–1974.1,2 The asbestos named is amosite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Portersite (H. K. Porter) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “amosite asbestos felt” (as of 196?), p. 1013
Kind of product
We list Portersite (H. K. Porter) with paper, felt and millboard and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by H. K. Porter (6)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (293)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Pan-o-cel (Johns-Manville) · Paperbestos (Johns-Manville) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · Pipe Line Felt 15 (Nicolet) · Plisulate (Plibrico Jointless Firebrick) · Polybes (Sun Chemical) · Prenite (B.F. Goodrich) · Pucaro (Presspan-Fabrik Chr. Authenrieth) · Pyramid (Schecter Brothers) · Pyrotex (U.S. Asbestos) · Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Quilon (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And) · Quinorgo (Johns-Manville) · Quinorogo 6000 (Johns-Manville) · and 273 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by H. K. Porter (22)
Cleangard · Weldgard · Flamegard · Guardian · Porterlag · Type 4 Porter Tape · Type 6 Porter Tape · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth · Covergard · Heatgard · Hi-Luster · Inslgard · Rwl-100 · Soundgard · Splashgard · Style 1030 · Style 2844 · Style 5621 Asbestos Wick · Tadpole · Therm-a-gard · 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) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Palmetto Cabcock (Greene Tweed & Co.) · Pars (Pars Manufacturing) · Perf-a-tape (U.S. Gypsum) · Philbestos (Pacor) · Polybes (Sun Chemical) · Polybestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Protector Gold Cross (Protector Safety Industries) · Quietline (Amatex) · Quik Flame Oil Stove Wicking (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Quilon (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And) · Quinorgo R-4 (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra 71 (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra Type 3 (Johns-Manville) · R/M Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · 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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 7.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 23.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 101. Not yet published in our library.
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