Documents in our library describe Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) as “pipe insulation”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “pipe insulation” (as of 1950), p. 1221
Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995)
- Use: “qualified under MIL-I-2781, Insulation Pipe Covering, Thermal (Grade III Class f)” (sales to U.S. military (MIL-I-2781)), p. 132
- Made at: “Plants: Paterson 4, N.J.” (as of 1954-03-15), p. 132
- Made at: “1111 West Perry St. Bloomington, Ill.” (as of 1954-03-15), p. 132
- Made at: “Plants: Paterson 4, N.J. Bloomington, Ill. Tyler, Texas” (as of 1959-02-25), p. 562
Kind of product
We list Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. That page explains 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 Unarco (8)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (268)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Tricalite (Mundet Cork) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 19 Block (Mundet Cork) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) · V-dent (Nicolet) · V-Dent (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos) · Vercel (Eagle-Picher) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Watcocell (GAF) · Weber's HT (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Webers 48 (Forty-Eight Insulations) · and 248 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Unibestos in the Lexicon
- Unarco: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Unarco on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 122. Not yet published in our library.
- Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (March 15, 1954), p. 13.
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