Documents in our library describe Thermo Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) as “sheet/block”.1 They give it as made 1908–1936.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 1000 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermo Fire Felt (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: 1908”, p. 1231
- Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 1000 degrees F”, p. 711
- Description: “Similar to Asbestos FIRE FELT, except that it has a cellular asbestos structure completely enclosed in the center of the sheet, giving it increased efficiency and resiliency”, p. 711
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1231
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): ThermoFire Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 631
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 631
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1936”, p. 1231
- Form: “Sheet/Block”, p. 1231
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1231
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “felt” (as of 1924-1949), p. 1172
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Thermo Fire Felt” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 283
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): ThermoFire Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 233
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 283
Kind of product
We list Thermo Fire Felt (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 · Standard Sectional Covering · Super Fire Felt · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Therm-o-bestos · Thermowrap · Train Pipe Covering · Vitribestos · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · Zerogloss · Air-Cell · Anti-sweat · 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) · 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) · Trica-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Tricalite (Mundet Cork) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 19 Block (Mundet Cork) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) · 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 Temp-Tite · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Temp-Tite · Therm-o-bestos · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Transite · Transite Acoustical Panel · Transite Core Plate · Transite Insulated Roof · Transite Panel · Transite Sewer Pipe · 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) · 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) · Triple A (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · 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), pp. 71, 123.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 117. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 28.
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