Documents in our library describe Red Demon (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “a new high-performance, automotive brake lining now in production”.1 They give it as made from 1969.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Red Demon (Raybestos-Manhattan) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, April 1970
- Made from: “new ... now in production (1969 annual report)”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 471
- Use: “performance-minded market and racing cars”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 471
- Description: “a new high-performance, automotive brake lining now in production”, said by Raybestos-Manhattan, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 471
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “brake lining” (as of 1970), p. 1042
Kind of product
We list Red Demon (Raybestos-Manhattan) with brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.
Other brakes and friction materials by Raybestos-Manhattan (8)
Grey-Rock · Hydro · R-m · R/M R-2854-B · R/M R-3672-3 · R/M US 98 · Ray-Mold · Rayman
Brakes and friction materials by other makers (68)
Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Cobra (Johns-Manville) · National Gypsum (National Gypsum) · Non-Scor (Unarco) · Pars (Pars Manufacturing) · Permafuse (S. G. Tilden) · Pioneer Asbestos (Floyd R. Biggs) · Railko (Small & Parkes) · Railroad Brake Shoes (Johns-Manville) · Rk (Istag Ag) · Safetybestos (Bondall) · Servbestos (Thermoid Rubber) · Shallex (James Walker Packing Co.) · Silent Grip (Anchor Packing) · Standco (C. W. Hanslip) · Standco Brake Blocks (Standco Industries) · Starbestos (Knerr & Bortz) · and 48 more: all brakes and friction materials
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, 1970, April 1970 (April 1, 1970), p. 47.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 104. Not yet published in our library.
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