Documents in our library describe Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “manufactured by r/m in felt form ... impregnated with a phenolic resin system and laminated”.1 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 Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1966, September 1966
- Temperature limit: “where temperatures range as high as 700°F”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Use: “structural and thermal insulator”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Description: “manufactured by R/M in felt form ... impregnated with a phenolic resin system and laminated”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Binder: “phenolic resin system”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos felt” (as of 1963, 1970), p. 1022
Kind of product
We list Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) with paper, felt and millboard and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Raybestos-Manhattan (9)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (290)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · Polybes (Sun Chemical) · Porterlag (H. K. Porter) · Portersite (H. K. Porter) · Prenite (B.F. Goodrich) · Pucaro (Presspan-Fabrik Chr. Authenrieth) · Pyramid (Schecter Brothers) · Pyrotex (U.S. Asbestos) · Quilon (E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And) · Quinorgo (Johns-Manville) · Quinorogo 6000 (Johns-Manville) · Quinorogoboard (Johns-Manville) · Quinterra (Johns-Manville) · Quintex (I, II, ST) (Johns-Manville) · Range Boiler Jacket (GAF) · Resin Saturating (Celotex) · and 270 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other asbestos-reinforced plastics by Raybestos-Manhattan (2)
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (38)
Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Chemtite (Johns-Manville) · Min Klad Interlok (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (Cape Asbestos) · Nylode (Rexall Chemical) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · Permatherm 6 (Chase-Foster Div., Keene) · Plasti-Clad (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Preg-Pli (Sun Chemical) · Quinorogo R-470 (Johns-Manville) · Resinox (Monsanto) · Structo Shape (Johns-Manville) · Surco (Surface Coatings) · Temp-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Thermomat Style 383 (Johns-Manville) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · and 18 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
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
- Asbestos Magazine, 1966, September 1966 (September 1, 1966), p. 13.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 102. Not yet published in our library.
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