Thermotape was a Johns-Manville pipe insulation. In sworn answers in two lawsuits, in 1969 and 1970, J-M described it as "made of an asbestos pad in a neoprene coated asbestos cloth jacket."1,2
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, puts Thermotape among paper, felt and blankets, made from 1951 to 1964.3 A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported gives the same years, 1951 to 1964, for Thermotape and Thermowrap together, which it calls neoprene coated asbestos: a "neoprene coated pad and blanket."4 For the two products together it gives asbestos fiber, 95 to 98%, and neoprene, 2 to 5%.4
See also Thermowrap.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermotape (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits
- Description: “(Pipe Insulation) Made of an asbestos pad in a neoprene coated asbestos cloth jacket”, p. 291
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1951 to 1964”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
- Made until: “produced 1951 to 1964”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
- Description: “neoprene coated pad and blanket”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
- Ingredient: “neoprene, 2 to 5%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
- Asbestos content: “asbestos fiber, 95 to 98%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 144
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1951”, p. 1245
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1245
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Thermotape” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 635
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1971 - 1975”, p. 1245
- Asbestos content: “75.0 - 80.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1245
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 635
- Use: “used on locomotives and cars where sectional insulation can't be applied effectively”, p. 795
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile and/or Amosite”, p. 1245
- Description: “A flexible pipe insulation in strip or roll form made of an asbestos pad in a neoprene coated asbestos cloth jacket”, p. 795
- Form: “Tape”, p. 1245
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “tape pipe insulation” (as of 1951-1964), p. 1187
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 238
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Thermotape” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 238
Kind of product
We list Thermotape (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Spintex · Standard Flex M-k · Standard Flexible Min-k blankets · Super Fire Felt · Telgard · Thermo Felt · Thermoflex · Thermowrap · Toasterbord · Transhield · Type GT · Ventsulation · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt · 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) · Super Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · T/NA 200 (Ruberoid) · Terratex (G.E.) · Terratex (General Electric) · Thermafelt (H. K. Porter) · Thermafiber (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermoid Portersite G (H. K. Porter) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Tufbestos (Nicolet) · Tufedg (Munters) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Blanket (Unarco) · Uni Syn (Keasbey & Mattison) · Uniroof (Uni-Tubes Ltd. (England)) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Johns-Manville (73)
Min-k · Thermobestos pipe covering · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Ceilinite · Super Temp-Tite · Superheat · Tadpole · Thermo-Chem · Thermo-Pac · Thermo-Pac 2700 · Thermoflex · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Cloth · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tape · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing · Wearbestos · X-250 Expansion A · X-275 · 101 Cloth (Coated) · 135 Tadpole Gasketing Tape · and 53 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (228)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Therm-a-gard (H. K. Porter) · Thermagard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Thermalon (Amatex) · Thermoid Custom Lag (H. K. Porter) · Thermolan (Ametek) · Thermolan (Janos Industrial Insulation) · Thermolan 26 (Amatex) · Thrift-T (Atlas Textile) · Tilon (Rex Asbestwerke) · Titegrip (Amatex) · Trevarno (Coast Manufacturing & Supply) · Tribestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Tru Flame (International Plumbing Products) · Type 2 Porter Tape (H. K. Porter) · Type 4 Porter Tape (H. K. Porter) · and 208 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
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
- The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (December 29, 1969), p. 29.
- The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 29.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 9.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 124.
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 83.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 118. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 23.
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