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Asbestocel (Johns-Manville)

Asbestocel was a Johns-Manville pipe insulation made of laminated asbestos felts, sold as pipe covering, sheets, blocks and a flexible roll.1,2 In sworn answers in a 1969 lawsuit, J-M called it "an inexpensive insulation" for temperatures up to 300° F.2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives Asbestocel, listed as pipe, as made from 1902 to 1965.3 J-M's own answers say only that it was made "long before 1959" and that it did not know the precise dates.2

J-M's sworn answers in a 1958 lawsuit give Asbestocel's asbestos content as 85 to 95 percent; the first digit is faint on the copy and could be read as 65.4 In a 1928 ad, J-M offered "Improved Asbestocel" heater pipe and boiler insulations.5 In July 1932 it announced Pre-Shrunk Asbestocel, made from an asbestos paper that it said did not absorb moisture and so would not shrink, after five years of work in its laboratories.6

J-M's employee magazine reported Improved Asbestocel pipe insulation in a J-M steel frame house in Pittsburgh in 1928, and 2-inch thick, 12 ply corrugated sheets curved to insulate the asphalt distributor tanks of the Etnyre Company in 1929.7,8 In 1933 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, listed pre-shrunk Asbestocel pipe covering, sheets and blocks in the stock of a Chicago distributor, and in 1936 it reported 14,000 feet of 3 ply and 7,000 feet of 2 ply Asbestocel used on the plumbing of one building job.9,10

The documents also name a related product: in December 1964 its employee magazine announced Asbestocel Honeycomb, a new incombustible cooling tower fill "made of phosphated asbestos."11

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What each document says

Every statement about Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

LeGrande v. Johns-Manville Products, Plaintiff's Interrogatories and J-M's Answers (1957)

  • Description: “pipe insulation sheets and blocks and flexible roll form; laminated asbestos felts”, p. 111

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits

  • Sold from: “manufactured long before 1959, precise dates not immediately known”, p. 22
  • Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 300° F”, p. 202
  • Form: “pipe covering, sheets and blocks”, p. 202
  • Description: “(Asbestos Pipe & Block Insulation) An inexpensive insulation”, p. 202

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “02”, p. 33
  • Form: “PIPE”, p. 33
  • Made until: “65”, p. 33

Johns-Manville Products Corporation's Answers to Interrogatories in Le Grande v. Johns-Manville (1958), Answers to interrogatories

  • Asbestos content: “Asbestos 85- 95”, p. 24

Asbestos Magazine, 1928, June 1928

  • Description: “Improved Asbestocel heater pipe and boiler insulations”, p. 95

Asbestos Magazine, 1932, July 1932

  • Sold from: “Pre-Shrunk Asbestocel on the market only a week or two; five years of J-M research”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 206
  • Change: “Pre-Shrunk Asbestocel made from pre-shrunk asbestos paper that does not absorb moisture, unlike ordinary asbestos paper”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 206

The J-M Circle, 1928, September 1928

  • Use: “Improved Asbestocel pipe insulation in a J-M steel frame house (A. and S. Wilson Company, Pittsburgh)”, p. 87

The J-M Circle, 1930, April 1930

  • Use: “2-inch thick 12 ply fine corrugated Improved Asbestocel sheets for insulation of asphalt distributor tanks (E. D. Etnyre and Company)” (sales to E. D. Etnyre and Company, Oregon, Illinois), p. 178

Asbestos Magazine, 1933, May 1933

  • Form: “preshrunk Asbestocel pipe covering, Asbestocel sheets and blocks”, p. 349

Asbestos Magazine, 1936, October 1936

  • Use: “plumbing systems; 14,000 feet of 3 ply and 7,000 feet of 2 ply Asbestocel”, p. 2710

J-M News Pictorial, 1964, December 1964

  • Description: “Asbestocel Honeycomb, a new incombustible cooling tower fill made of phosphated asbestos”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by J-M News Pictorial, p. 1211

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits

  • Made from: “manufactured by it since the early 1900's”, p. 212
  • Description: “(Asbestos Pipe & Block Insulation) An inexpensive insulation available in pipe covering, sheets and blocks for temperatures up to 300° F.”, p. 2012
  • Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 300° F”, p. 2012

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1902”, p. 10113
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 10113
  • Description: “An inexpensive insulation constructed of alternating layers of plain and corrugated asbestos paper”, p. 7013
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 6213
  • Description: “in this design, the air channels run around the pipe instead of lengthwise, which prevents the circulation of air”, p. 7213
  • Form: “Sheet/Block, Pipe Insulation”, p. 10113
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1971 - 1975”, p. 10113
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Asbestocel” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 6213
  • Description: “A corrugated paper formed of successive corrugations of an asbestos felt, held together by an asbestos fireproof backing”, p. 7713
  • Asbestos content: “52.6 - 98.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 10113
  • Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 300 degrees F”, p. 7013

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Form: “Block, Board and Pipe Covering”, p. 7814
  • Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber (Air Cell)”, p. 7814
  • Temperature limit: “Atmos to 300”, p. 7814
  • Description: “Built up of alternating layers of plain and corrugated asbestos paper cemented together. Semi-rigid.”, p. 7814
  • Description: “pipe & boiler covering” (as of 1902-1965), p. 5615

Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)

  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 2216
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Asbestocel” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 2216
  • Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): Asbestocel” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 2516
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Asbestocel” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 2716

Kind of product

We list Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Boilermakers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)

Thermobestos · Superex · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Firetard · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · Zerogloss · Air-Cell · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-metallic · Asbesto-sponge · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Air Chamber Covering · Asbestos and Hair Felt Removable Covering · Asbestos Combination Spiral Pipe Insulation · Asbestos Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering · and 40 more on the company's page

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)

Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Alltemp (Philip Carey) · Alumino (Keene/Ehret) · Anti-sweat (Keene/Ehret) · Anti-Sweat (Mundet Cork) · Anti-sweat (Nicolet) · Anti-Sweat (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Co.) · Armstrong LT Cork Coatings (Armstrong Cork) · Asbeston (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestos Paper (Celotex) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge (Mundet Cork) · Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)

Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Metal-on · Flat Transite · Ace Corspan · Air-Cell · American Colonial · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-sponge · Asbestoboard · Asbestobord · Asbestocite · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos Ebony · Asbestos Fire Felt · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Paper and Rollboard · Asbestos Sheathing · and 99 more on the company's page

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)

Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · American Thatch (Ruberoid) · Apac (Keasbey & Mattison) · Apac Board (Keasbey & Mattison) · Arta-Seal (CertainTeed) · Asbestex (Supercrete Pipes S.A.) · Asbestile (Asbestile S.A.) · Asbestobiex (Cape Asbestos) · Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) · Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) · Asbestone (British Uralite) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. LeGrande v. Johns-Manville Products, Plaintiff's Interrogatories and J-M's Answers (January 1, 1957), p. 11.
  2. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (October 14, 1969), pp. 2, 20.
  3. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 3.
  4. Johns-Manville Products Corporation's Answers to Interrogatories in Le Grande v. Johns-Manville (1958), Answers to interrogatories (January 17, 1958), p. 2.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1928, June 1928 (June 1, 1928), p. 9.
  6. Asbestos Magazine, 1932, July 1932 (July 1, 1932), p. 20.
  7. The J-M Circle, 1928, September 1928 (September 1, 1928), p. 8.
  8. The J-M Circle, 1930, April 1930 (April 1, 1930), p. 17.
  9. Asbestos Magazine, 1933, May 1933 (May 1, 1933), p. 34.
  10. Asbestos Magazine, 1936, October 1936 (October 1, 1936), p. 27.
  11. J-M News Pictorial, 1964, December 1964 (December 1, 1964), p. 12.
  12. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 2.
  13. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 101.
  14. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
  15. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 56. Not yet published in our library.
  16. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.

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