Pyrocal was a block and pipe-covering thermal insulation made by Fibreboard and sold under PPG Industries' name.1,2 A 1990 EPA notice that published what Fibreboard reported says it made Pyrocal from 1968 to 1971 under a rebrand agreement and specifications for PPG Industries, as it made Kaylo for Owens-Corning Fiberglas and LK Insulation for Armstrong Contracting and Supply.1
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Pyrocal under PPG Industries as pipe cover and block made from 1968 to 1971, with the note "REBRAND FIBREBOARD 1965-71."2 It gives 12 in the column read as percent asbestos.2
Related: Kaylo under Owens-Corning.
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around Pyrocal (PPG Industries) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Owens Corning/Fibreboard asbestos trust (Fibreboard subfund). Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Pyrocal (PPG Industries) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “Pyrocal ... manufactured ... 1968 to 1971”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 71
- Made until: “Pyrocal ... manufactured ... 1968 to 1971”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 71
- Description: “block and pipe-covering thermal insulation, under rebrand agreements and specifications for ... PPG Industries”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 71
Kind of product
We list Pyrocal (PPG Industries) 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.
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (276)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Precision-molded (Ehret/Keene) · Precision-molded (Fibreboard) · Precision-molded (Mundet Cork) · Precision-molded (Philip Carey) · PV Supertemp Block (Eagle-Picher) · Pyro-bestos (U.S. Gypsum) · Pyrocal (Fibreboard) · Rigid Block Insulation (U.S. Gypsum) · Ring-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Ru-ber-oid Watson (Ruberoid) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Rwl-100 (H. K. Porter) · Safety Blow-Off Covering (Johns-Manville) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Sal-mo Sixcell (Nicolet) · and 256 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- PPG Industries: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- PPG Industries on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 7.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 7.
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