Documents in our library describe Perfection Pipe Covering (Johns-Manville) as “pipe insulation”.1 They give it as made 1903–1908.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile.
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What each document says
Every statement about Perfection Pipe Covering (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: 1903”, p. 1191
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1191
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1908 - 1911”, p. 1191
- Description: “Composed of one-half inch indented wool felt wrapped around one-half inch molded asbestos”, p. 741
- Asbestos fiber: “Unknown (Probably Chrysotile)”, p. 1191
- Form: “Pipe Insulation”, p. 1191
Kind of product
We list Perfection Pipe Covering (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. 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 · Johns-Manville Transite Asbestos Wood · Magno · Marinite · Min-k 1301 · Min-k 2000 · Min-k 500 · National Sectional Covering · Ring-Tite · Safety Blow-Off Covering · Silicated Thermobestos · Sonite · Standard Sectional Covering · Super Fire Felt · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · 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) · Non-sweat (Keasbey & Mattison) · Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Norwal (Nicolet) · Pabco (Fibreboard) · Pabco Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Pabco Prasco (Fibreboard) · Pabco Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Pipecoverings (U.S. Gypsum) · Plisulate (Plibrico Jointless Firebrick) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Precision Molded Pipe Covering (Fibreboard) · Precision-molded (Ehret/Keene) · Precision-molded (Fibreboard) · Precision-molded (Mundet Cork) · Precision-molded (Philip Carey) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
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), p. 119.
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