Documents in our library describe Thermobestos pipe covering as “thermobestos pipe covering”.1 They give it as made from 1949.2 They put its asbestos content at 7%.3 The asbestos named is amosite. It was rated for temperatures up to 1200 °F.4 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Thermobestos pipe covering in the documents, in each document's own words.
J-M News Pictorial, 1961, November 1961
J-M Production Engineering Report on Equipment for Thermobestos Pipe Covering and Thermoflex Felts (1949)
- Made from: “An initial order of Thermobestos covering is now being made on the pilot plant equipment” (sales to Carthage Hydrocol contract; at Research pilot plant), p. 22
- Made at: “Research pilot plant equipment now installed in "C" Building at Manville” (as of 1949) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 62
- Asbestos fiber: “Thermobestos (Amosite) Pipe Covering” (as of 1949), p. 12
- Ingredient: “amosite-perlite” (as of 1949), p. 22
- Binder: “sodium silicate bonded” (as of 1949), p. 22
Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (1977)
- Asbestos content: “Thermobestos Pipe Insulation | Asbestos | 07 | 0462685” (as of 1972-74), said by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as recorded by Celanese Chemical Company (C. D. Barrett memo CDB-70-77), p. 103
Asbestos Magazine, 1967, May 1967
- Use: “all the hot-water piping in the new development laboratory of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Sheridan Park, Ontario” (as of 1967; sales to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, development laboratory, Sheridan Park, Ontario), p. 184
- Temperature limit: “efficient insulation at temperatures up to 1,200°F.”, p. 184
J-M News Pictorial, 1966, March 1966
- Use: “San Diego test plant moved in 1964 to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba” (as of 1964; sales to Office of Saline Water test conversion plant, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba), p. 95
Asbestos Magazine, 1966, May 1966
- Form: “Metal-On: Thermobestos protected by a .016-inch polished aluminum jacket”, p. 126
- Use: “Tracy thermal generating station, Hydro-Quebec - throughout the piping systems except the boiler piping” (as of 1966; sales to Hydro-Quebec, Tracy thermal generating station (installed by Asbestos Covering Company, Montreal)), p. 126
J-M News Pictorial, 1969, April–May 1969
- Description: “Thermobestos Pipe Covering Trimmer #1 ... saws have been enclosed ... ventilated to eliminate dust” (as of 1969), p. 37
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, January 1970
- Form: “"Metal-On" ... specially fabricated in a "long-leg" oval form ... for the traced piping; thicknesses 1" to 3"”, p. 208
D. R. Christensen to D. H. Markusson on Simulated 1960s Thermobestos Sawing and Cement Mixing (1976)
- Form: “THERMOBESTOS pipe insulation … removing the cloth covering” (as of 1976), p. 19
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 6310
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Thermobestos Pipe Covering” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 6310
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Made at: “Long Beach Plant (1938 to 1982): Thermobestos Pipe Covering” (at Long Beach) (the plant: Long Beach, California), p. 2111
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Thermobestos Pipe Covering” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 2311
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 2111
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Thermobestos Pipe Covering” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 2811
Related products
- Part of Thermobestos
Kind of product
We list Thermobestos pipe covering with pipe covering and block insulation and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (59)
Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Firetard · Vitribestos · Super Fire Felt · Superex 2000 · Superex-1900 · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermowrap · Train Pipe Covering · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · Zerogloss · Air-Cell · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-metallic · and 39 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Therm-O-Flake (Illinois Clay Products) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermasil (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Keene) · Tri-calite (Crown Cork & Seal) · Trica-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Tricalite (Mundet Cork) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 19 Block (Mundet Cork) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Johns-Manville (73)
Min-k · Thermomat · Thermotape · Thermowrap · Ceilinite · Quinterra Type 3 · Super Temp-Tite · Superheat · Tadpole · Thermo-Chem · Thermo-Pac · Thermo-Pac 2700 · Thermoflex · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Cloth · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tape · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing · Wearbestos · X-250 Expansion A · X-275 · 101 Cloth (Coated) · and 53 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (228)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Tanpac (A. W. Chesterton) · Tba "T" Range (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Terrybestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Tex-Knit (maker not given) · Therm-a-gard (H. K. Porter) · Thermagard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Thermalon (Amatex) · Thermoid Custom Lag (H. K. Porter) · Thermolan (Ametek) · Thermolan (Janos Industrial Insulation) · Thermolan 26 (Amatex) · Thrift-T (Atlas Textile) · Tilon (Rex Asbestwerke) · Titegrip (Amatex) · Trevarno (Coast Manufacturing & Supply) · and 208 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- J-M News Pictorial, 1961, November 1961 (November 1, 1961), p. 12.
- J-M Production Engineering Report on Equipment for Thermobestos Pipe Covering and Thermoflex Felts (October 3, 1949), p. 2.
- Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (August 26, 1977), p. 10.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1967, May 1967 (May 1, 1967), p. 18.
- J-M News Pictorial, 1966, March 1966 (March 1, 1966), p. 9.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1966, May 1966 (May 1, 1966), p. 12.
- J-M News Pictorial, 1969, April–May 1969 (April 1, 1969), p. 3.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1970, January 1970 (January 1, 1970), p. 20.
- D. R. Christensen to D. H. Markusson on Simulated 1960s Thermobestos Sawing and Cement Mixing (September 2, 1976), p. 1.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 63.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 21.
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