Documents in our library describe Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) as “tubing (braided)”.1 They give it as made 1884–1982.1 They put its asbestos content at 80% to 85%.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing (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: 1884”, p. 1261
- Asbestos content: “80.0 - 85.0 % fiber by weight”, p. 1261
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1261
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1982”, p. 1261
- Form: “Tubing (Braided)”, p. 1261
Kind of product
We list Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Johns-Manville (73)
Min-k · Thermobestos pipe covering · Thermomat · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Tadpole · Thermo-Chem · Thermo-Pac · Thermo-Pac 2700 · Thermoflex · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Cloth · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tape · Wearbestos · X-250 Expansion A · X-275 · 101 Cloth (Coated) · 135 Tadpole Gasketing Tape · 135-S Tadpole Gasketing Tape · 55 Cable Fireproofing Tape · 88 Cloth (Coated) · 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) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Tape (Unarco) · Unarco Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving (Unarco) · Unarco Asbestos Yarn (Unarco) · Unarco Brand Asbestos Cloth (Unarco) · Unarco Brand Asbestos Rope (Unarco) · Unarco Type SF (Unarco) · Uniroyal (United States Rubber) · Variflex (A.P.G. Hewitt Hose) · Weldgard (H. K. Porter) · Weldgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Weldproff (Car-mon Products) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Wheeler (Wheeler Protective Apparel) · X-l (Excelsior) · 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
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 126.
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