Documents in our library describe Fireclad (Philip Carey) as “asbestos felt (heavy asphalt felt and asbestos paper)”.1 They give it as made 1965–1971.2,3 They put its asbestos content at 85%.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fireclad (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “pipe jacketing” (as of 1953), p. 774
Kind of product
We list Fireclad (Philip Carey) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Philip Carey (31)
Aircel · Excel · Carey Duct · Defendex · Fireguard · Black Top Asbestos · Carey · Carocel · Double Sanded Asbestos · Fiberock · Fiberock Asbestos Felt · Fiberock Cap Sheet · Fireguard Jacketing · Grosscell · No. 15 Fiberock · No. 15 Tar Fiberock · No. 30 Fiberock · No. 35 Fiberock · No. 45 Fiberock · No. 55 Fiberock · and 11 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (268)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · E-515 (Ruberoid) · E-p (Eagle-Picher) · Engineers Insulating Tape (Johns-Manville) · Fibroid (Johns-Manville) · Filawound (Spaulding Fibre) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Fireclad (Celotex) · Firefly 800 (TBA Industrial Products, Turner & Newall) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet (Johns-Manville) · Florobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Fluorobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Foil Laminates (Nicolet) · Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) · and 248 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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. 99.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 20.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 77. Not yet published in our library.
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