18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 12, 1973
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt on Implementation of Tuck-In Sleeve Packaging for Asbestos Bags (1973)
Internal memo from W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt saying the present asbestos bags let small quantities of material dribble from the fill hole, creating dust and clean-up problems in customers' plants. It reports preliminary work on tuck-in sleeves and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 14, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others Confirming RG-244 Packaging Changes (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber confirming discussions of January 11, 1974 on packaging of RG-244. It says cardboard shrouds will be dropped once inventory is used up and that 3-ply bags will give way to slightly larger two-ply bags. It also covers gluing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1973
R. E. Byrne, Jr. Informal Report on TiO2 Contamination of RG-244 During the T-135 Plant Run (1973)
Informal report describing TiO2 contamination found in RG-244 asbestos produced during the August 15-22, 1973 T-135 plant run at King City. It reports TiO2 levels up to almost 3%, no correlation between TiO2 content and thickening efficiency, sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 6, 1973
B. L. Ingalls Project Report on Shrink-Wrap Packaging Tests for Calidria Bags and Pallets (1973)
…tests, with Tables I and II, cost information and conclusions Union Carbide Films-Packaging Division sheet on pallet wrapping for outdoor storage, with outdoor exposure test charts Sample cost calculations for bag and pallet shrink-film
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 19, 1979
W. B. DeAtley to O. J. Malacarne Transmitting 1979 Sputum Cytology Results for King City Employees (1979)
Internal letter from W. B. DeAtley at King City to O. J. Malacarne enclosing the 1979 sputum cytology results for employees. It reports results better than those predicted from Dr. Saccomanno's data, but notes a marked increase in mild atypical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1976
T. J. Kagetsu to W. C. Thurber Transmitting J. J. Militello's Design Memo and Cost Estimate for a Wetted Supervisbestos Circuit at King City (1976)
A cover memo from T.J. Kagetsu to W.C. Thurber transmitting a preliminary engineering study for producing "Wetted Supervisbestos" at the King City plant. The attached Design Memo No. 1 by J.J. Militello (August 13, 1976) gives the design criteria,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1973
G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1973
G. L. Dickson to R. O. Marsten on Sodium Silicate Usage in King City RG-244 Production (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to R. O. Marsten at King City comparing the amount of sodium silicate used in producing RG-244 with the theoretical requirement. The attached Table I lists monthly RG-244 production, sodium silicate usage and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne et al. on Bag Spout Leakage and Shrink Wrapping, with Earlier J. L. Myers Memo to Thurber on Packaging (1974)
Exhibit of two pages. Page 1 is a November 4, 1974 letter from W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne and four others stating that leakage from the bag fill valve was a major packaging problem and requesting a bag shrink film oven and a bag cleaning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1974
D. G. Millenbruch to F. H. Larrison and Others on the King City Value Engineering Team (1974)
Internal Union Carbide letter announcing a "Value Engineering Team" formed to examine increasing production from the King City plant. It set a team meeting in King City on February 12, 1974, asked for motel reservations for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1974
H. B. Rhodes Transmittal and Report 'Supervisbestos – A Review of Product Quality Trends and Competitive Market Position' (1974)
Internal cover memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting his report on Supervisbestos, the Calidria asbestos drilling-mud additive sold through distributor Montello. The report compares Supervisbestos, Visbestos, Flosal and Atlas 1092 in mixing tests and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 23, 1979
E. W. Shortridge to O. J. Malacarne on 1978 Sputum Cytology Results at King City (1979)
Internal correspondence from King City reporting Fourth Quarter 1978 sputum cytology results for King City plant employees, with three attached tables. The letter compares King City results with a Dr. Saccomanno survey of 2025 non-miners, notes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1979
Memorandum on Strategic Planning for the Asbestos Business, to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others (1979)
Memorandum discussing how to define the industry and business for the Metals Division's Asbestos Business Strategic Plan. It describes California (King City) chrysotile's physical properties and its uses as a viscosity control agent and in paper,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1979
W. B. DeAtley to O. J. Malacarne on Double Wrapping and Palletizing Calidria Products to Meet DOT Regulations (1979)
Internal correspondence from the King City office to O. J. Malacarne stating that double wrapping and palletizing of material shipped to warehouses and distributors had begun to meet new DOT regulations effective August 20, 1979. It lists the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 12, 1973
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt on Implementation of Tuck-In Sleeve Packaging for Asbestos Bags (1973)
Internal memo of June 12, 1973 in which W. C. Thurber asked V. D. Holt to investigate with the plant a tuck-in sleeve design for asbestos bags. It says material dribbled from the fill hole of the present bags, creating dust and clean-up problems in…