W. G. Hammar Transmittal Memoranda and Union Carbide Thermal Insulation Manual, Volume I – Specifications (1968)

Three transmittal memoranda (October 1968, October 1967 and July 1967) from W. G. Hammar forward new or revised pages to holders of the Union Carbide Thermal Insulation Manual, Volume I – Specifications. The exhibit also holds excerpts of the manual itself, which sets out general and material specifications and engineering standards for thermal insulation, plus the October 1968 pages of spec 43-H/43-HSS on sprayed urethane foam. The sent pages do not cover Calidria.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Transmittal memorandum from W. G. Hammar (signed by C. B. Smith Jr.), October 1968, listing revised pages for spec 10-JU, 22, 23, 25, 31, 32 and 43
• Pages 3-4: Transmittal memorandum, October 2, 1967, forwarding revised page 43-HSS (sprayed urethane foam); page 4 is blank
• Pages 5-6: Transmittal memorandum, July 31, 1967, listing new and revised pages; page 6 is blank
• Pages 7-8: Manual title page and cover label (Book No. 1125, loaned to Shook and Fletcher Company)
• Pages 9-12: Preface, introduction (July 1966) and contents of the thermal insulation specifications, including a list of application specifications
• Pages 13-27: General Specifications (GS): surface conditions, supports, securement, steam or electric tracing, weather-barrier mastic, metal jackets
• Pages 29-39: Engineering standards drawings (EL-43, IS-31, IS-31A, IS-36, IS-40, IS-42) for insulation supports and securement
• Pages 324-327: Spec 43-H, 43-HSS sprayed urethane foam insulation, pages 2-5 (October 1968), with application details for flanges, legs, skirts and weather barrier
• Page 328: Last page of the exhibit; no OCR text captured

People and organizations

From W. G. Hammar (Union Carbide Group I Divisions, Standards Program); C. B. Smith, Jr. (signed the October 1968 memo for W. G. Hammar, Standards Program) to Holders of Thermal Insulation Manual – Volume I – Specifications (manual holders); G. F. Ours (copy recipient).

• W. G. Hammar (author)
• C. C. Smith, Jr. (author)
• G. F. Ours (copied)
• Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology Services (Union Carbide) (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Chemicals and Plastics Operations Division (named)
• Engineering Department (named)
• Shook and Fletcher Company (named)
• Technical Center (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4586 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 328 pages.