Documents in our library describe Therm-o-bestos (Johns-Manville) as “sheet/block, pipe insulation”.1 They give it as made 1937–1947.1 The asbestos named is amosite and chrysotile.
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What each document says
Every statement about Therm-o-bestos (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: 1937”, p. 1221
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1221
- Description: “A waterproofed asbestos material of high insulating value”, p. 711
- Form: “Sheet/Block, Pipe Insulation”, p. 1221
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1221
- Use: “used for building underground conduit systems designed to house hot lines”, p. 711
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1221
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1947”, p. 1221
Kind of product
We list Therm-o-bestos (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 · Sonite · Standard Sectional Covering · Super Fire Felt · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermowrap · Train Pipe Covering · Vitribestos · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · Zerogloss · Air-Cell · 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 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.) · Thermasil (Keene) · Tri-calite (Crown Cork & Seal) · 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 · Super Fire Felt · Super Temp-Tite · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Temp-Tite · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Transite · Transite Acoustical Panel · Transite Core Plate · Transite Insulated Roof · Transite Panel · 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) · Supra-Crylic (Supradur) · Supra-Tones (Supradur) · Supradur (Supradur) · Suprawall (Supradur) · Suramic (Supradur) · Sussex 32 (National Gypsum) · T-deck (Keasbey & Mattison) · Therm-O-Tec (National Gypsum) · Thermalux (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Timbertex (Ruberoid) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Tri-Tone (Philip Carey) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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. 122.
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