Documents in our library describe Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) as “asbestos-resinated felts, moulding flock and powders”.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1967, March 1967
- Use: “fuel drop-tank”, p. 41
- Use: “aircraft sealing components; jet pipe sealing ring on the Comet”, p. 51
- Asbestos fiber: “long chrysotile asbestos (type R.A.1 felt)” (as of 1967), p. 31
- Form: “asbestos-resinated felts, moulding flock and powders” (as of 1967), p. 31
- Binder: “phenolic resin”, p. 31
Asbestos Magazine, 1946, August 1946
- Description: “asbestos moulding material in flock or sheet form”, said by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co., Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 422
Asbestos Magazine, 1977, May 1977
- Description: “DURESTOS phenolic molding materials” (as of 1976), said by Turner & Newall Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 453
Asbestos Magazine, 1978, April 1978
- Description: “DURESTOS phenolic moulding materials (demand continued strong in 1977)” (as of 1977), said by Turner & Newall, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 364
Asbestos Magazine, 1948, July 1948
- Description: “asbestos in the form of sheet, flock, powder or fabric impregnated or coated with resin, the asbestos predominating, fully or partly molded or consolidated”, said by Turner Brothers Asbestos Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 525
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
- Description: “FLOCK MOULDING MATERIAL AND FELT MOULDING MATERIAL COMPOSED OF ASBESTOS AND SYNTHETIC RESIN”, said by TURNER BROTHERS ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office6
Asbestos Magazine, 1969, October 1969
- Use: “aircraft drop tanks and hot air ducting in aircraft such as the Comet IV”, p. 107
Label: Durestos asbestos felt moulding material (Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd.), Image
- Asbestos content: “TURNER BROTHERS ASBESTOS Co. LTD; ASBESTOS FELT”, p. 18
Kind of product
We list Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) with asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Other asbestos-reinforced plastics by Turner Brothers Asbestos (2)
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (38)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Chemtite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestite (Burndy) · Asbestohm (Dossert) · Bakelite (Union Carbide) · Celoron (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Copalam (Cottrel Paper Co. Inc. (Fall River, MA)) · Diall 51-01 (Cannon Electric) · Dilecto (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Ferrobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiberloy (Rogers) · Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) · Homart (Sears) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Kenbase (David E. Kennedy) · Kensert (David E. Kennedy) · Micarta 8564 (Westinghouse) · and 18 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
See also
- Turner Brothers Asbestos: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1967, March 1967 (March 1, 1967), pp. 3–4.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1946, August 1946 (August 1, 1946), p. 42.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1977, May 1977 (May 1, 1977), p. 45.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1978, April 1978 (April 1, 1978), p. 36.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1948, July 1948 (July 1, 1948), p. 52.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (September 29, 1952). Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1969, October 1969 (October 1, 1969), p. 10.
- Label: Durestos asbestos felt moulding material (Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd.), Image, p. 1.
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