Documents in our library describe Hy Temp (Keasbey & Mattison) as “block and pipe covering”.1 They give it as made until 1962.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 1900 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Hy Temp (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “diatomaceous earth & asbestos pipe covering” (as of 1953), p. 853
Kind of product
We list Hy Temp (Keasbey & Mattison) with pipe covering and block insulation and insulating cement and coatings, 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, Boilermakers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Keasbey & Mattison (12)
Duplex · K&M Best in Asbestos · Kay-Therm · 85 Magnesia · Best Felt · 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.) · Glasweld (United States Plywood) · Griptex (Combustion Engineering) · Grosscell (Philip Carey) · High Temperature Insulation (Johns-Manville) · Hightemp #12 (Philip Carey) · Hightemp #15 (Philip Carey) · HT (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Hy-temp (Nicolet) · Hylo (Eagle-Picher) · Imperial (GAF) · Imperial Pipe Covering (Ruberoid) · Impervo (Philip Carey) · Indented (Johns-Manville) · Insulation Seal 820 (Philip Carey) · Insutape (Unarco) · and 244 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other insulating cement and coatings by Keasbey & Mattison (4)
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (320)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Hi Glos (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Hi Therm (M. H. Detrick) · Hi-Spred No. 43-784 (Morningstar-Paisley) · Hi-stick (Eagle-Picher) · Hightemp #12 (Philip Carey) · Hilite (Combustion Engineering) · Hy Temp (Armstrong Cork) · Hylo (Eagle-Picher) · Insul Mastic (Pure Asphalt) · Insul-finish (General Refractories) · Insulation Seal (Celotex) · Insulkote ET (Johns-Manville) · Insulkote ST (Johns-Manville) · Insulmastic (Armstrong Cork) · Insulseal (Eagle-Picher) · and 300 more: all insulating cement and coatings
See also
- Keasbey & Mattison: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Keasbey & Mattison on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 79.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 21.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 85. Not yet published in our library.
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