Documents in our library describe Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) as “block and pipe covering”.1 They give it as made 1930–1960.2 They put its asbestos content at 3%.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 700 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Form: “Block and Pipe Covering”, p. 781
- Temperature limit: “Atmos to 700”, p. 781
- Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber (Sponge Felt)”, p. 781
- Description: “Built up of asbestos fiber felts laminated and cemented together to form a relatively spongy material. Resilient. Forty layers per inch. Flexible.”, p. 781
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos floor covering & block” (as of 1953), p. 593
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) 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 Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · 19 Hitemp · Aircel · 85 Magnesia · Precision-molded · Super-light · Super-Light 85% Magnesia · Temp-check · Tempcheck · Alltemp · Asbestos Paper · Carey Cal-silicate · Careytemp 2000 · Carocel · Defendex · Dual Careytemp · Excel · Fireguard Jacketing · Grosscell · and 6 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (250)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Molded Blocks (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Paper (Celotex) · Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Mundet Cork) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Best Felt (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bestfelt (Nicolet) · Cal Temp (Pabco Products) · Calcium Silicate (Unarco) · and 230 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Philip Carey: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Philip Carey 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. 78.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 18.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
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