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Duplex (Keasbey & Mattison)

Documents in our library describe Duplex (Keasbey & Mattison) as “pipecover”.1 They give it as made until 1962.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 212 °F.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Duplex (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

  • Form: “PIPECOVER”, p. 191
  • Made until: “62”, p. 191

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Description: “Wool Felt (Pipe Covering): Wool felt sheets formed into pipe insulation. Low resistance to moisture. For use on cold and hot water lines. Semi-rigid.”, p. 822
  • Temperature limit: “Atmos 212”, p. 822

Asbestos Magazine, 1940, November 1940

  • Use: “47,800 lineal feet of Duplex sectional covering is used on the plumbing lines for hot and cold water and on the circulating lines” (sales to Curtiss-Wright (plant)), p. 163

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

  • Description: “NICOLET/KEASBEY & MATTISON, DUPLEX, PAPER INSULATION, 62 63”, p. 244
  • Description: “pipe covering” (as of 1953), p. 735

Kind of product

We list Duplex (Keasbey & Mattison) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

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

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Keasbey & Mattison (12)

K&M Best in Asbestos · Kay-Therm · 85 Magnesia · Best Felt · Hy Temp · Non-sweat · Aircell · Featherweight · K & M · K & M Aircell · Simplex Super Shrink · Zebra

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (264)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Custom Molded 85% Magnesia (Mundet Cork) · D.E. Block (Eagle-Picher) · Defendex (Philip Carey) · Detrick (Combustion Engineering) · Dri-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Dual Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Duplex (Armstrong Cork) · Durant (Keene/Ehret) · Durestos (maker not given) · Durocell (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Enduro (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Enduro (Keene) · Enduro Block (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Epitherm 1200 (Eagle-Picher) · Equality (Johns-Manville) · and 244 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

See also

References

  1. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 19.
  2. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (January 1, 1962), p. 82.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1940, November 1940 (November 1, 1940), p. 16.
  4. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 1, 1981), p. 24.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 73. Not yet published in our library.

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