Documents in our library describe Cobra (Johns-Manville) as “new patented composition brake shoe for railroad cars, locomotives and subway equipment, jointly developed by westinghouse air brake and johns-manville”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Cobra (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1955, January 1955
- Description: “new patented composition brake shoe for railroad cars, locomotives and subway equipment, jointly developed by Westinghouse Air Brake and Johns-Manville”, said by Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 391
J-M News Pictorial, 1966, March 1966
- Made at: “new friction materials plant at Laurinburg, N. C.” (at Laurinburg friction materials plant), p. 42
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, October 1970
- Description: “COBRA High Speed Brake Shoes, a recently-developed formulation for railroad composition-type braking block”, said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 543
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “railroad brake shoes & linings” (as of 1973, 1979), p. 684
Kind of product
We list Cobra (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation and brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering · Asbestos Molded Blocks · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) · Celite · Champion Sectional Covering · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · Fibrocel · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel · Fire Felt · Firetard · 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) · Carey-temp (Celotex) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · Castablock (Combustion Engineering) · Cell-O-Tone (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Company) · Celo-temp (Celotex) · CS (Riva & Mariani) · Custom Molded 85% Magnesia (Mundet Cork) · D.E. Block (Eagle-Picher) · Defendex (Philip Carey) · Detrick (Combustion Engineering) · Dri-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Dual Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Duplex (Armstrong Cork) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other brakes and friction materials by Johns-Manville (3)
Brakes and friction materials by other makers (73)
Grey-Rock (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Amco (Asbestos Corp. of America) · American Brakeblok (American Brake Shoe) · Anchor Brake Shoes (Griffin Wheeler) · Asbestographite (Gatke Corporation) · Autobestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bendix (Bendix) · Carlisle “Premium” Class GC (Carlisle) · Cobra Brake Shoe (Railroad Friction Products Corporation) · Delco (General Motors) · Don-Flex (Small & Parkes) · F-m-c (Fiber Manufacturing) · Factory Lined Brake Shoes (Delco Moraine) · Flexiformed (Bondall) · GM 5470 (General Motors) · GM 5490 (General Motors) · and 53 more: all brakes and friction materials
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
- Asbestos Magazine, 1955, January 1955 (January 1, 1955), p. 39.
- J-M News Pictorial, 1966, March 1966 (March 1, 1966), p. 4.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1970, October 1970 (October 1, 1970), p. 54.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 68. Not yet published in our library.
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