Documents in our library describe Tribestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) as “cloth”.1 They give it as made 1971–1981.1 They put its asbestos content at 90%.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Tribestos (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)
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
John J. Magenheimer to John H. Marsh on Scowcroft's Memo About the McGill Study (1974)
- Description: “the Tribestos treatment”, p. 13
McGill University Research Contract with Raybestos-Manhattan and Graham Gibbs' Report on Fiber Release from Asbestos Fabrics (1975)
- Description: “Tribestos asbestos cloths”, p. 84
Kind of product
We list Tribestos (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 · RM Style 25 · Sealsafe · Silvabestos · Speed-Lag-Cloth · Speedlag · Tadpole · Terrybestos · Ablatape · Ablatube · Allbestos · Asbestos Cloth · Asbestos Rope · Asbestos Tape · Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving · Asbestos Yarn · 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) · Thermolan 26 (Amatex) · Thermotape (Johns-Manville) · Thermowrap (Johns-Manville) · Thrift-T (Atlas Textile) · Tilon (Rex Asbestwerke) · Titegrip (Amatex) · Trevarno (Coast Manufacturing & Supply) · Tru Flame (International Plumbing Products) · Type 2 Porter Tape (H. K. Porter) · Type 4 Porter Tape (H. K. Porter) · Type 6 Porter Tape (H. K. Porter) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unarco Asbestos Tape (Unarco) · Unarco Asbestos Tubing or Sleeving (Unarco) · 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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 9.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (May 24, 1976). Not yet published in our library.
- John J. Magenheimer to John H. Marsh on Scowcroft's Memo About the McGill Study (July 15, 1974), p. 1.
- McGill University Research Contract with Raybestos-Manhattan and Graham Gibbs' Report on Fiber Release from Asbestos Fabrics (January 1, 1975), p. 8.
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