Documents in our library describe Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) as “brake linings composed of asbestos and cotton”.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1930, September 1930
- Description: “brake linings composed of asbestos and cotton”, said by Knerr & Bortz, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 601
Kind of product
We list Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) with brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.
Brakes and friction materials by other makers (76)
Grey-Rock (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Rk (Istag Ag) · Safetybestos (Bondall) · Servbestos (Thermoid Rubber) · Shallex (James Walker Packing Co.) · Silent Grip (Anchor Packing) · Standco (C. W. Hanslip) · Standco Brake Blocks (Standco Industries) · Stella (Charles Laurence Willis) · Tiger Brake Shoes (Abex) · Top-Dog (Cape Asbestos) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · VeeLock (U.S. Asbestos) · Velvetouch (S. K. Wellman) · Wagner Lockheed (Wagner) · 100 Alc (Standco Industries) · and 56 more: all brakes and friction materials
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1930, September 1930 (September 1, 1930), p. 60.
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