Documents in our library describe Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) as “phenolic-bonded asbestos paper laminate for electric equipment”.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “phenolic-bonded asbestos paper laminate for electric equipment” (as of 1947), p. 801
Kind of product
We list Fosterite Asbestos (Westinghouse) with paper, felt and millboard and asbestos-reinforced plastics, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Electricians and Electrical Workers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Westinghouse (1)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (298)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flamegard (H. K. Porter) · Flexstone Mineral Surface Cap Sheet (Johns-Manville) · Florobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Fluorobestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Foil Laminates (Nicolet) · Frost-Proof Pipe Covering (GAF) · Fyrbestos (Keene/Beh) · Fyrex (Grant Wilson) · Gaftemp Roof Insulation (GAF) · Galbestos (H.H. Robertson) · Glas-Bes (Sun Chemical) · Gold-Line (Johns-Manville) · Grosscell (Philip Carey) · and 278 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other asbestos-reinforced plastics by Westinghouse (1)
Asbestos-reinforced plastics by other makers (39)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermasil (Keene) · Durestos (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Caposite (Cape Asbestos Co. of London) · Copalam (Cottrel Paper Co. Inc. (Fall River, MA)) · Diall 51-01 (Cannon Electric) · Dilecto (Continental Diamond Fibre) · Dura-Color (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Duraform (Turner Brothers Asbestos) · Ferrobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiberloy (Rogers) · Homart (Sears) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Kenbase (David E. Kennedy) · Kensert (David E. Kennedy) · Min Klad Interlok (Johns-Manville) · Noramite (Cape Asbestos) · Nylode (Rexall Chemical) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · and 19 more: all asbestos-reinforced plastics
See also
- Westinghouse: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Westinghouse 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. 80. Not yet published in our library.
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