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Fibrocel (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Fibrocel (Johns-Manville) as “(h. t. pipe insulation) a molded silica pipe insulation”.1 They give it as made 1954–1959.1,2 It was rated for temperatures up to 300 °F.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

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

  • Made until: “previously manufactured ... discontinued at various dates after 1959”, p. 311
  • Description: “(H. T. Pipe Insulation) A molded silica pipe insulation”, p. 311

Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to N. J. O'Brien on Health Hazards of Expanded Perlite (1954)

  • Made from: “initial run of the Fibrocel equipment”, p. 12

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

  • Use: “For use on hot water and low pressure steam lines” (sales to Union Carbide Chemicals Company), p. 823
  • Temperature limit: “Temp limits: Min Atmos, Max 300”, p. 823

Asbestos Magazine, 1971, April 1971

  • Asbestos content: “Fibrocel Insulation, a composition of asbestos and bentonite” (at Casalpusterlengo, Italy), said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 524
  • Description: “Sil-O-Cel & asbestos insulating fill” (as of 1950s), p. 765

Kind of product

We list Fibrocel (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

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

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

Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Celite · Champion Sectional Covering · Cobra · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel · Fire Felt · Firetard · High Temperature Insulation · Indented · Johns-Manville Jm · Johns-Manville Transite Asbestos Wood · Magno · 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) · Enduro (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Enduro (Keene) · Enduro Block (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Epitherm 1200 (Eagle-Picher) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Featherweight (Keasbey & Mattison) · FI Cement (Fibreboard) · Fibrous Adhesive (General Refractories) · Finecell (Atlas Turner) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Flexible Trainline (CertainTeed) · Flexible Trainline Pipe (CertainTeed) · Frostproof (Keene/Ehret) · Gaf Hylo (GAF) · Glasweld (United States Plywood) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

See also

References

  1. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 1, 1970), p. 31.
  2. Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to N. J. O'Brien on Health Hazards of Expanded Perlite (July 1, 1954), p. 1.
  3. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (January 1, 1962), p. 82.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1971, April 1971 (April 1, 1971), p. 52.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 76. Not yet published in our library.

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