Thermal Insulation Specifications for the South Charleston Plant, with A. R. Giles Transmittal Letter (1956)

Bound book of tentative thermal insulation specifications for the South Charleston plant of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, with a 1956 transmittal letter from A. R. Giles of Works Engineering. The letter says the specifications were made so insulation could be installed uniformly with Stores material and were to be issued formally by December 1, 1956. The book contains an index, a materials list, per-service specification sheets, engineering standards, thickness charts and dimensional tables. Materials listed include cellular glass, calcium silicate and asbestos fiber insulation.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover: Specifications, Thermal Insulation, South Charleston Plant
• Page 2: Crane Temperature Conversion table (p. 301)
• Page 3: Giles letter of October 9, 1956 transmitting tentative thermal insulation specifications
• Pages 4-7: Index to thermal insulation specifications (services, sketches, thickness charts, tables, stores materials, general notes)
• Pages 8-9: Specification summary and materials description, manufacturers and trade names (cellular glass, calcium silicate, asbestos fiber)
• Pages 10-26: Insulation specification sheets by service (steam, condensate, Dowtherm, Tetralin, ethylene oxide, Carbowax, steam-traced lines, cold service)
• Pages 27-32: Engineering standards and sketches (insulation supports, pipe cradles, steam tracer details, clamps and spacers), partly rotated and illegible in OCR
• Pages 33-35: Recommended thickness charts for insulation (hot, critical heat, cold service)
• Pages 36-39: Manufacturers' basic dimensional standards for high and low temperature pipe and tubing insulation
• Pages 40, 43-44: Tables of external areas of tanks and insulated pipe, and circumferences of insulated lines
• Pages 45-47: Rotated drawing sheets, text illegible in OCR

People and organizations

From A. R. Giles (Works Engineering (originating department)).

• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Bethlehem Steel Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos insulation: pipe covering, block, and insulating cement · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-2365 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 47 pages. Production numbers UCC 003346 to UCC 003392.