Documents in our library describe Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) as “sheet/block, pipe insulation”.1 They give it as made 1890–1953.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 700 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1890”, p. 1061
- Description: “An insulation made of layers of thin felt, composed of asbestos fiber and particles of finely ground spongy material forming an extremely cellular felt, built up like a book in laminated form”, p. 701
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 621
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1061
- Form: “Sheet/Block, Pipe Insulation”, p. 1061
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1953 - 1959”, p. 1061
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Asbesto-Sponge (felted, sectional, molded)” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 621
- Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 700 degrees F”, p. 701
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1061
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Asbestos Sponge (felted, sectional and molded)” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 273
- Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): Asbesto-Sponge” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 253
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Asbesto-Sponge (felted, sectional, molded)” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 223
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 223
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (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, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Asbestos Combination Spiral Pipe Insulation · Asbestos Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering · Asbestos Molded Blocks · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sectional Covering · Celite · Champion Sectional Covering · Cobra · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · Fibrocel · 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) · 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) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Best Felt (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bestfelt (Nicolet) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos Ebony · Asbestos Fire Felt · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Paper and Rollboard · Asbestos Sheathing · Asbestoside · C Asbestos Millboard · C Millboard · Carinsul · Cedargrain · Chemstone · Colorbestos · Colorceran · 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) · Asbestos Millboard (Gaf/Ruberoid) · Asbestos millboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Millboard (Ruberoid) · Asbestos Millboard Mb-1 (Nicolet) · Asbestos Permaboard (National Gypsum) · Asbestos Rollboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Rollboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Asbestos-Bonded (Armco Steel) · Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) · Aslac (UBE Ceycon) · Atco (American Tar) · Best-Side (DeWitt Products) · Birdsboard (Mirawal, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), pp. 70, 106.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 27.
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