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FILE NAME Quigley QUIG DATE 0000 DOC QUIG044 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Industry Warning Information - Re Asbestos Insulation Block Castable , Trowel and Gunnning Mix pa You are probably aware that asbestos in insulating materials has become a controversial subject as to how it affects the health of individuals exposed to it The OSHA requirement of 5 fibers per cubic centimeter is so restrictive that it essentially prohibits the use of asbestos in insulating materials regard- less of the amount of asbestos in the product The dialogue about asbestos has been going on for a number of years and an awareness of the possible health hazards finally resulted in the OSHA standards In 1970 the Quigley Company with the aid of one of the largest public utilities | embarked on a development program which would not only free their calcium silicate type insulating material of asbestos but would be tailor made for their needs to their specifications Broadly speaking the material had to possess the following characteristics a The product must be asbestos free and not include any other hazardous | ingredients b The product especially in block form should maintain its structural ' integrity over the life of the installation c The product should have a 1800 service limit to allow it to be used over a wide range of applications d The thermal conductivity should have a range of 0.5 to 0.9 over a mean temperature range of 500 to 1000 F. 09 12827 oe 4 The chloride content should be as low as possible for stainless steel applications f The block insulation should create a minimum of dusting during cutting - and fitting ba The non development program resulted in Quigley's asbestos product called ; Panelex which is completely free of asbestos has a total chloride content of 10 ppm and is available as a castable block trowel and gunning mix It is now being used to insulate turbines boilers and wherever insulation of this type is required It may be of interest to mention the sizes of block that have been agreed upon Since many boiler walls required a 4 inch thick block many situations would arise whereby the wall did not stay in plume and difficulty was encountered in placing a 4 block in a 3inch space Furthermore the ever present desire to cover more sq ft per block was throroughly investigated The result was to standardize on a x24 block which covered 4 sq ft at time Where there existed ribs on the casing the block would be cut to whatever size the situation dictated The Quigley Company feels Panelex and our reputation of manufacturing high quality specialized refractory and insulations can be of great service to the power industry and we would like to have the opportunity of discussing with you in detail what we have to offerand how we be of service .. I am attaching for your consideration our technical data sheet on Panelex and our OSHA data sheet If you feel we can be of service to you please fill out the enclosed post card and we will have a sales . representative call if you so desire Thank you for reading this far it is certainly appreciated Very truly yours 09 12823 Re Asbestos Insulation Block Castable Trowel and Gunnning Mix Da You are probably aware that asbestos in insulating materials has become a controversial subject as to how it affects the health of individuals exposed to it The OSHA requirement of 5 fibers per cubic centimeter is so restrictive that it essentially prohibits the use of asbestos in insulating materials regard- less of the amount of asbestos in the product The dialogue about asbestos has been going on for a number of years and an awareness of the possible health | hazards finally resulted in the OSHA standards In 1970 the Quigley Company with the aid of one of the largest public utilities embarked on a development program which would not only free their calcium silicate type insulating material of asbestos but would be tailor made for their needs to their specifications following Broadly speaking the material had to possess the characteristics " a The product must be asbestos free and not include any other hazardous ingredienta b The product especially in block form should maintain its structural oe OO integrity over the life of the installation c The product should have a 1800 service limit to allow it to be used over a wide range of applications d The thermal conductivity should have a range of 0.5 0.5 to 0.9 over a mean temperature range of 500 to 1000 F. | 09 1282 > + The chloride content should be as low as possible for stainless steel ! applications t. The block insulation should create a minimum of dusting during cutting = and fitting . ae The development program resulted in Quigley's non asbestos product called Panelex which is completely free of asbestos has a total chloride content and of 10 ppm and is available as castable block trowel gunning mix It is now being used to insulate turbines boilers and wherever insulation of this type is required It may be of interest to mention the sizes of block that have been agreed upon many boiler walls required a 4 inch thick block many situations would arise Sin whereby the wall did not stay in plume and difficulty was encountered in placing a 4 block in a 3inch space Furthermore the ever present desire to cover more sq ft per block was throroughly investigated The result was to standardiz on a x24 block which covered 4 sq ft at time Where there existed ribs on the casing the block would be cut to whatever size the situation dictated The Quigley Company feels Panelex and our reputation of manufacturing high quality specialized refractoarnyd insulations can be of great service to the power industry and we would like to have the opportunity of discussing with you in detail what we have to offerand how we can be of service . I am attaching for your consideration our technical data sheet on Panelex and ur OSHA data sheet If you feel we can be of service to you please fill out the enclosed post card and we will have a sales . representative call if you so desire Thank you for reading this far it is certainly appreciated Very truly yours 09 12823 Re Asbestos Insulation Block Castable Trowel and Gunnning Mix You are probably aware that asbestos in insulating materials has become a controversial subject as to how it affects the health of individuals exposed to it The OSHA requirement of 5 fibers per cubic centimeter is so restrictive that it essentially prohibits the use of asbestos in insulating materials regard- less of the amount of asbestos in the product The dialogue about asbestos has been going on for a number of years and an awareness of the possible health | hazards finally resulted in the OSHA standards In 1970 the Quigley Company with the aid of one of the largest public utilities embarked on a development program which would not only free their calcium silicate type insulating material of asbestos but would be tailor made for their needs to their specifications Broadly speaking the material had to possess the following characteristics a The product must be asbestos free and not include any other hazardous . ingredients b The product especially in block form should maintain its structural integrity over the life of the installation C. The product should have a 1800 service limit to allow it to be used over a wide range of applications d The thermal conductivity should have a range of 0.5 to 0.9 over a mean temperature range of 500 to 1000 F. 09 1980 low e The chloride content should be as as possible for stainless steel applications f The block insulation should create a minimum of dusting during cutting and fitting The development program resulted in Quigley's non asbestos product called Panelex which is completely free of asbestos has a total chloride content of 10 ppm and is available as castable block trowel and gunning mix is now being used to insulate turbines boilers and wherever insulation of this type is required It may be of interest to mention the sizes of block that have been agreed upon many boiler walls required a 4 inch thick block many situations would arise Sinc whereby the wall did not stay in plume and difficulty was encountered in placing a 4 block in a 3inch space Furthermore the ever present desire to cover more sq ft per block was throroughly investigated The result was to standardize on a x24 block which covered 4 sq ft time Where there existed ribs on the casing the block would be cut to whatever size the situation dictated The Quigley Company feels Panelex and our reputation of manufacturing high quality specialized refractoarnyd insulations can be of great service to the power industry and we would like to have the opportunity of discussing with you in detail what we have to offerand how we can be of service . I am attaching for your consideration our technical data sheet on Panelex and our OSHA data sheet If you feel we can be of service to you please fill out the enclosed post card and we will have a sales . representative call if you so desire Thank you for reading this far it is certainly appreciated Very truly yours 09 12823