Documents in our library describe Asbeston (Uniroyal) as “woven asbestos tapes having nominal gauges of .010", .015" and .020"”.1 They give it as made from 1941.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 750 °F.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbeston (Uniroyal) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1972, April 1972
- Made from: “The mill was in operation by mid-July of that year”, p. 101
- Description: “trade name adopted to describe the yarns produced by the new process and the fabrics woven from these yarns”, p. 101
- Made at: “Stark Mills (Hogansville, Georgia)” (as of 1942), p. 101
- Use: “burnproof household ironing board cover”, p. 141
- Form: “woven asbestos tapes having nominal gauges of .010", .015" and .020"”, p. 101
Asbestos Magazine, 1975, August 1975
- Temperature limit: “They'll take temperatures up to 750° F.”, p. 152
Asbestos Magazine, 1971, January 1971
- Ingredient: “combine asbestos with man-made fibers including glass, acrylic, polyester and nylon”, p. 153
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “Asbeston (listed, product not given)” (as of 1970s), p. 575
Kind of product
We list Asbeston (Uniroyal) 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 Uniroyal (1)
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (300)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Applon A Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Applon T Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Armaturo Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Asbestall (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestica (Johns-Manville) · Asbestica Tape (Johns-Manville) · Asbeston (U.S. Rubber) · Asbeston Style S/6555 (U.S. Rubber) · Asbeston Style S/799A (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestos (J. P. Stevens) · Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Cloth (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos Cloth (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Asbestos Listing (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Paper Tape (Johns-Manville) · and 280 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1972, April 1972 (April 1, 1972), p. 10.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1975, August 1975 (August 1, 1975), p. 15.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1971, January 1971 (January 1, 1971), p. 15.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 17.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 57. Not yet published in our library.
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