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Mundet (Mundet Cork)

Documents in our library describe Mundet (Mundet Cork) as “custom molded 85% magnesia pipe covering and block insulation”.1 They give it as sold from 1951.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Mundet (Mundet Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1950, September 1950

  • Form: “custom molded 85% Magnesia Pipe Covering and Block Insulation”, p. 401
  • Made at: “this modern plant in North Bergen, N. J. ... on Tonnelle Avenue, 71st to 74th Streets”, p. 401

Asbestos Magazine, 1951, March 1951

  • Sold from: “ANNOUNCING ... MUNDET CUSTOM MOLDED 85% MAGNESIA AND HIGH TEMP INSULATIONS”, p. 332

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, December 1957

  • Description: “MUNDET INSULATION PRODUCTS include "custom-molded" 85% Magnesia heat insulation and "Tri-Calite" insulation for higher temperatures”, p. 253

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories

  • Description: “85% magnesia products ... manufactured at that time by ... Mundet Cork Corporation”, p. 154
  • Description: “Mundet (listed, product not given)” (as of 1950), p. 945

Kind of product

We list Mundet (Mundet Cork) 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 Mundet Cork (7)

Custom Molded 85% Magnesia · Air Cell · Anti-Sweat · Asbestos Sponge · Precision-molded · Tricalite · Type 19 Block

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (269)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Min-k 1301 (Johns-Manville) · Min-k 2000 (Johns-Manville) · Min-k 500 (Johns-Manville) · Mono-block (Keene) · Monoblock (maker not given) · Multi-Ply (Philip Carey) · Multicell (Nicolet) · National (U.S. Gypsum) · National Anti-sweat (U.S. Gypsum) · National Neverfreeze (U.S. Gypsum) · National Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Nevallo 85 Mag (Atlas Turner) · New Improved Insutape (Unarco) · Newalls Newtempheit (Atlas Asbestos) · Nicolet (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Company) · and 249 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1950, September 1950 (September 1, 1950), p. 40.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1951, March 1951 (March 1, 1951), p. 33.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, December 1957 (December 1, 1957), p. 25.
  4. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (April 2, 1970), p. 15.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 94. Not yet published in our library.

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