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Spintex (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Spintex (Johns-Manville) as “our mineral wool refrigerator cabinet insulation (#302 spintex)”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

Vandiver Brown to C. B. Martin of General Electric on Dust from Spintex Mineral Wool (1951)

  • Use: “refrigerator cabinet insulation” (sales to General Electric Company, Freezer Division, Erie, Pa.), p. 11
  • Description: “our mineral wool refrigerator cabinet insulation (#302 Spintex)”, p. 11

Asbestos Magazine, 1954, May 1954

  • Description: “BX-Spintex, a semi-rigid, mineral fibre material supplied in convenient blanket form”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 202

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, December 1957

  • Use: “"Spintex Insulation" for cold appliances”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 163

Asbestos Magazine, 1961, September 1961

  • Use: “Speed-Insul Panels consist of Spintex insulation, factory assembled with an aluminum facing”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 164

J-M News Pictorial, 1967, September 1967

  • Use: “BX-Spintex used on the liner United States for thermal comfort and safety” (sales to liner United States), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by J-M News Pictorial, p. 45
  • Description: “kraft paper/asbestos paper insulation for air conditioning” (as of 1953), p. 1116

Kind of product

We list Spintex (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: HVAC, Refrigeration, and Appliance Workers.

Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)

Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Quinorogo 6000 · Quinorogoboard · Quinterra · Quintex (I, II, ST) · Roofinsul · Salamander · Special Coated Asbestos Base Felt · Standard Flex M-k · Standard Flexible Min-k blankets · Super Fire Felt · Telgard · Thermo Felt · Thermoflex · Thermotape · Thermowrap · 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) · Sound Barrier (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Spauldite (Spaulding Fibre) · Spec Ira-440-C (Celotex) · Spec Ira-440-SW (Celotex) · Spec Ira-440-W (Celotex) · Spec Ira-441-SW (Celotex) · Spec Ira-441-W (Celotex) · Stazon (North American Refractories) · Stonefelt (Unarco) · Super Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · T/NA 200 (Ruberoid) · Terratex (G.E.) · Terratex (General Electric) · Thermafelt (H. K. Porter) · Thermafiber (U.S. Gypsum) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard

See also

References

  1. Vandiver Brown to C. B. Martin of General Electric on Dust from Spintex Mineral Wool (September 25, 1951), p. 1.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1954, May 1954 (May 1, 1954), p. 20.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, December 1957 (December 1, 1957), p. 16.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1961, September 1961 (September 1, 1961), p. 16.
  5. J-M News Pictorial, 1967, September 1967 (September 1, 1967), p. 4.
  6. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 111. Not yet published in our library.

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