Asbestos Brakes were a big health hazard, as mechanics were often exposed to asbestos dust during brake maintenance. Industrial brakes were also used on some equipment. Asbestos brakes were used by some manufacturers as late as the 1980s.
We have the following information related to asbestos brakes:
Gatke Brake Linings and Clutch Facings
Johns-Manville Brake Linings
Fletcher Works use of Asbestos Brakes on their Centrifugal Extractors
Raybestos Brake Blocks
Thermoid Brake Linings
This is just a sampling. To search our full inventory, click here.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Asbestos Bulkheads on Navy Ships
E. F. Hauserman Company provided Asbestos Bulkheads for ships. Their 1940s catalog states that they were approved for government use. Bulkheads were partitions designed for ship hulls. Asbestos was probably used for fire resistance.
Their catalog is just one of our recent finds. Check out our website, AsbestosBooks.com for the our newest acquisitions.
Asbestos Gaskets in Navy Ship Boilers
In our latest search of marine catalogs, we came across a catalog for United States Gasket Company, which advertises that their asbestos gaskets were readily available for the following marine boilers:
Babcock & Wilcox
Combustion Engineering
Edge Moor
Foster Wheeler
Heine
Ward
We've also found this Navy manual which indicates that metal-encased asbestos gaskets were to be used on boilers.
The use of asbestos was widespread in the Navy and we have books that document its use for electrical insulation, pipe insulation, asbestos packing, and more.
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