Documents in our library describe Caposite (Holmes Foundry) as “pipe sections only so far”.1 They give it as made from 1956.2 The asbestos named is amosite. It was rated for temperatures up to 1200 °F.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Caposite (Holmes Foundry) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1959, June 1959
- Description: “uniformly the same material as that made at our Barking Works in England manufactured to the same specification”, said by The Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 61
- Form: “pipe sections only so far” (as of 1959; at Sarnia, Ontario), said by The Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 61
Asbestos Magazine, 1956, July 1956
- Made from: “production being started in March 1956” (at Sarnia, Ontario), p. 382
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Form: “Pipe Covering”, p. 783
- Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber and Diatomaceous Silica”, p. 783
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 1200”, p. 783
- Asbestos fiber: “Amosite asbestos fibers”, p. 783
- Description: “Amosite asbestos fibers combined with diatomaceous silicate and sprayed with a silicate binder. Low shrinkage. Good mechanical strength. Rigid.”, p. 783
Asbestos Magazine, 1955, December 1955
- Made at: “A factory is being built alongside the Holmes Foundry plant near Sarnia, Ontario”, said by The Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 244
- Asbestos fiber: “made from the amosite asbestos of which the Cape Asbestos mines in South Africa are the world's largest producers” (at Sarnia, Ontario), said by The Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 244
Kind of product
We list Caposite (Holmes Foundry) 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.
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (276)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Calsilite Insulation Cement (GAF) · Calsilite-H1 (Ruberoid) · Calsilite-Hi (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) · Caltherm (Fibreboard) · Caposil 1400 (Cape Asbestos) · Caposite Plus (Cape Insulation) · Carey Cal-silicate (Philip Carey) · Carey-temp (Celotex) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · Castablock (Combustion Engineering) · Celite (Johns-Manville) · and 256 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Caposite in the Lexicon
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1959, June 1959 (June 1, 1959), p. 6.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1956, July 1956 (July 1, 1956), p. 38.
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1955, December 1955 (December 1, 1955), p. 24.
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