Documents in our library describe Glasbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “cable filler,cloth,tape”.1 They give it as made 1940–1981.1,2 They put its asbestos content at 80%.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
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What each document says
Every statement about Glasbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Label: Glassbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: April 8, 1946”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
Kind of product
We list Glasbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Raybestos-Manhattan (37)
Pyrotex · Novabestos · Novatex · Polybestos · Glassbestos · Asbestos Rope · Asbestos Tape · Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving · Asbestos Yarn · Eleven-thirty-three · Flourobestos · Gatortape · Goldbestos · Green Shield · Greenshield · Quik Flame Oil Stove Wicking · R/M Glassbestos · R/M Green Shield · R/M Style 25 Thermal Insulating Tape · R/M Style 41-Rpd Pyrotex Yarns · and 17 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (264)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Garco (General Asbestos & Rubber) · Gardian Line (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Gardwell #164 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell #174 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell #1744 (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Gardwell (Safety Clothing & Equipment) · Glas-Bes (Sun Chemical) · Granostruct (Cement Asbestos Products Co. (Capco)) · Graybestos (Sterling Packing & Gasket Company) · Grey Rock Eagle (U.S. Asbestos) · Guardian (H. K. Porter) · Gum-Bestos Asbestos Paper Tape (Grant Wilson) · Heatgard (H. K. Porter) · Herco (John Herman) · Hi-Luster (H. K. Porter) · and 244 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- Raybestos-Manhattan: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Raybestos-Manhattan on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
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