Documents in our library describe Asbestos Sponge Felt (Johns-Manville) as “felt”.1 They give it as made 1890–1961.1 They put its asbestos content at 68% to 96.2%.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 Felt (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
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1061
- Description: “A thin felt, composed of asbestos fiber and particles of finely ground spongy material forming an extremely cellular felt”, p. 781
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1061
- Asbestos content: “68.0 - 96.2 % fiber by weight”, p. 1061
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1961”, p. 1061
- Form: “Felt”, p. 1061
- Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 700 degrees F”, p. 781
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “felt” (as of 1890-1961), p. 592
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Sponge Felt (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Asbestos Jelly Rolls · Asbestos Lining and Deadening Felt · Asbestos Lining Felt · Asbestos Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestos Pipe Blanket · Asbestos Roll Fire Felt · Asbestos Sponge Hair Felt · Asbestos Turbine Blanket · Asbestos Welding Paper · Blue Chip Asbestos Finishing Felt · Ceilinite · Cellamite · Centurian Base Felt · Coated Asbestos Base Felt · and 69 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (210)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Pabco) · Asbestos Felt Jacket, Asphalt Saturated (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Grapevine Finish Felt (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Ruberoid) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Asbestoseal (Celotex) · Asbestoseal (Philip Carey) · Aspaal M (Asahi Asbestos) · Aspaal M (Jujo Paper Mfg. Co. of Tokyo, Japan) · Aspaal W (Asahi Asbestos) · Asphalt Saturated Asbestos Felt (Flintkote) · Atco (American Tar) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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. 78, 106.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
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