Documents in our library describe Cal Temp (Pabco Products) as “qualified under mil-i-2781 insulation pipe covering, thermal, as caltemp, grade i class b and grade iii class e type i”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Cal Temp (Pabco Products) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “diatomaceous earth & asbestos pipe covering” (as of 1940s, 1970s), p. 642
Kind of product
We list Cal Temp (Pabco Products) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. 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 Pabco Products (1)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (275)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Best Felt (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bestfelt (Nicolet) · Calcium Silicate (Unarco) · Calsilite (GAF) · Calsilite (Ruberoid) · Calsilite Insulation Cement (GAF) · Calsilite-H1 (Ruberoid) · Calsilite-Hi (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Caltemp Cement (Fibreboard) · and 255 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
References
- Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (February 20, 1958), pp. 35, 37.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 64. Not yet published in our library.
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