Documents in our library describe Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given) as “a new compressed asbestos jointing material designed for use at extremely high temperatures and pressures”.1 They give it as sold from 1961.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1961, February 1961
- Sold from: “new in 1961”, p. 381
- Use: “gas turbines; all gasketing applications in heavy and light engineering”, p. 381
- Ingredient: “Breon nitrile (synthetic) rubber”, p. 381
- Made at: “Klingerit Works, Sidcup, Kent, England”, p. 381
- Description: “a new compressed asbestos jointing material designed for use at extremely high temperatures and pressures”, p. 381
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos jointing” (as of 1961), p. 892
Kind of product
We list Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given) with gaskets and packing, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics.
Gaskets and packing by other makers (208)
Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Flexatallic (Flexatalic Gasket Corp.) · Jewett (Johns-Manville) · Spirotallic (Johns-Manville) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Kaobestos (F.D. Farnam) · Kearsarge (Johns-Manville) · Kearsarge Asbestos (H. W. Johns Manufacturing) · Klinger Acidit (Klinger) · Klinger-Oilit (Klinger) · Klingerit (H.S. White) · Klingerit (Klinger) · Klingerit-1000 (Rich. Klinger Aktiengesellschaft) · Kon-x (Nicolet) · Kormetal (F.D. Farnam) · Krespac (Charles Laurence Willis) · Lascar (Beldam Asbestos Company) · Lighthouse (Beldam Packing & Rubber Company) · Lion Trade Mark (James Walker & Co.) · Locklube Packings (Johns-Manville) · and 188 more: all gaskets and packing
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1961, February 1961 (February 1, 1961), p. 38.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 89. Not yet published in our library.
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