Ceilinite was a Johns-Manville asbestos sheathing.1 In sworn answers in two lawsuits, given in 1969 and 1970, J-M described it as "Made from Asbestos Roll FIRE-FELT reinforced on one side with asbestos cloth."1,2
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, files Ceilinite among papers, felts and blankets, and gives it as made from 1910 to 1973.3
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What each document says
Every statement about Ceilinite (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits
The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits
- Description: “(Asbestos Sheathing) Made from Asbestos Roll FIRE-FELT reinforced on one side with asbestos cloth”, p. 222
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “paper, felt blankets” (as of 1910-1973), p. 665
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 1000 degrees F”, p. 786
- Description: “Made from Asbestos Roll FIRE FELT, reinforced on one side with asbestos cloth”, p. 786
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Ceilinite” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 626
- Use: “used as an inter-lining, for fireproofing electrical apparatus such as switch boxes”, p. 786
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 626
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Ceilinite” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 227
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 227
Kind of product
We list Ceilinite (Johns-Manville) 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 Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Asbestos Pipe Blanket · Asbestos Roll Fire Felt · Asbestos Sponge Felt · Asbestos Sponge Hair Felt · Asbestos Turbine Blanket · Asbestos Welding Paper · Blue Chip Asbestos Finishing Felt · Cellamite · Centurian Base Felt · Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Cold Application Felt · Commercial Grade Asbestos Paper · Copperclad · D C Flexstone · Engineers Insulating Tape · 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) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · Buca Adhesive (Bird & Son) · Cafco-Asbestos (Cafco) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Carey Duct (Philip Carey) · Carey Foil (Celotex) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · Cel-lux (Nicolet) · Cellotone (Nicolet) · Cleangard (H. K. Porter) · Cohrlastic (Connecticut Hard Rubber) · Commercial Grade (Ruberoid) · Commercial Paper (Nicolet) · Commercial Paper (Ruberoid) · Connectite (GAF) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Johns-Manville (73)
Min-k · Thermobestos pipe covering · Thermomat · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestos Rope · Asbestos Tape · Asbestos Yarn · Besto-Tak · Blastape · Blastube · Chempac · Chemtite · Colorbestos · Colorbestos Drapery · Commercial Grade Asbestos Cloth · Commercial Grade Asbestos Tape · Commercial Grade Asbestos Tubing · Duplex Rod and Plunger Packing · and 53 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (228)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Beswik (Atlas Asbestos) · Brapaco (Eureka Packing) · Brown Bag (Joneric Products) · Cablegard (Quin-T) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Carosel (U.S. Rubber) · Celoron (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Chevron Asbestos Roof Coating (Standard Oil of California) · Clarex-lageeze (Claremont Industries) · Cleangard (H. K. Porter) · Coldfinger (Scandura) · Coronado Line (O.K.I. Supply) · Covergard (H. K. Porter) · Covergard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · and 208 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
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
- The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 22.
- The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (December 29, 1969), p. 22.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 100.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 66. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 78.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.
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