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Superex-1900 (Johns-Manville)

Superex 1900 was a Johns-Manville high-temperature insulation, made as pipe covering and block.1,2 A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported describes Superex M and Superex 1900 together as "grey-white pipe covering and block forms, used for high temperature insulation," produced from 1922 to 1972.2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives Superex 1900 pipe covering and block as made from 1922 to 1971.1

The 1990 notice gives one set of figures for Superex M and Superex 1900 together: asbestos fibers, 8 to 14%; celite, 55 to 60%; and magnesia, 25 to 35%.2

Related: Superex and Superex M.

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Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Superex-1900 (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “22”, p. 81
  • Made until: “71”, p. 81
  • Form: “PIPE,BLOCK”, p. 81

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “produced 1922 to 1972”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
  • Made until: “produced 1922 to 1972”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos fibers, 8 to 14%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
  • Ingredient: “celite, 55 to 60%; magnesia, 25 to 35%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142
  • Description: “grey-white pipe covering and block forms, used for high temperature insulation”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 142

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1922”, p. 1213
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: 1965”, p. 1213
  • Replaced by: “SUPEREX 2000 ... replacement product for SUPEREX 1900, with asbestos removed by 1973”, p. 713
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1973”, p. 1213
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Superex 1900 Block” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 633
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1213
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 633
  • Description: “A high temperature insulation ... made from asbestos fiber, diatomaceous silica, and other insulating materials”, p. 713
  • Asbestos content: “10.0 - 12.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1213
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1213
  • Temperature limit: “for service up to 1900 degrees F”, p. 713
  • Form: “Sheet/Block”, p. 1213

Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)

  • Replaced by: “SUPEREX-1900 replaced by non-asbestos SUPEREX-2000, 1971/73”, p. 174
  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Superex 1900 Block” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 234
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Superex 1900 Block” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 284
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing (thermal insulation product)”, p. 174
  • Description: “pipe, block” (as of 1922-1971), p. 1145

Kind of product

We list Superex-1900 (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

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

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

Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Ring-Tite · Safety Blow-Off Covering · Silicated Thermobestos · Sonite · Standard Sectional Covering · Super Fire Felt · Superex 2000 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermowrap · Train Pipe Covering · Vitribestos · Vitro Fire Felt · 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) · Super Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Super Cell (Ruberoid) · Super Insutape (Unarco) · Super Insutape (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Super Unibestos (Unarco) · Super-light (Philip Carey) · Super-Light 85% Magnesia (Philip Carey) · Temp-check (Philip Carey) · Tempcheck (Philip Carey) · Therm-O-Flake (Illinois Clay Products) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermasil (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)

Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Rock Shake · Rockspan Clapboard · Salem · Submarine Bulkhead · Super Fire Felt · Super Temp-Tite · Superex 2000 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Temp-Tite · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Transite · and 99 more on the company's page

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)

Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Stoneglow (GAF) · Stonewall (Ruberoid) · Stonewall Board (GAF) · Stratalite (GAF) · Stri-Color (Flintkote) · Stride (Supradur) · Strytex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Supertab (Ruberoid) · Supra Slates (Supradur) · Supra-Crylic (Supradur) · Supra-Tones (Supradur) · Supradur (Supradur) · Suprawall (Supradur) · Suramic (Supradur) · Sussex 32 (National Gypsum) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
  3. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 121.
  4. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 17.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 114. Not yet published in our library.

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