Documents in our library describe Micarta 8564 (Westinghouse) as “phenolic-bonded asbestos paper laminate for electrical equipment”.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Micarta 8564 (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 electrical equipment” (as of 1947), p. 921
Kind of product
We list Micarta 8564 (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) · Kalfelt (Atlas Asbestos) · Kreuznacher Asbest-Werke Germany Theo & Geo Seitz (Seitz-Asbest Werke, Theo & Geo Seitz) · Kreuznacher Filter-Undasbestwerke Germany.Theo & Geoseitz (Seitz-Asbest Werke, Theo & Geo Seitz) · Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) · Lily (Jujo Paper) · Long Fiber Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · Micabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Microbestos (Johns-Manville) · Millboard (GAF) · Min-klad (Johns-Manville) · Muffler (Celotex) · Mule-Hide (Lehon) · Neon (Nicolet) · Niagarite (Johns-Manville) · Niagrite (Johns-Manville) · 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) · 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) · Permatherm 6 (Chase-Foster Div., Keene) · Plasti-Clad (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Preg-Pli (Sun Chemical) · Pyrotex Felt (Raybestos-Manhattan) · 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. 92. Not yet published in our library.
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