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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1962 Mar DOC OC184 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Report - Kaylo Improvement Program Progress Report - Pgs 7,9,13,15 KAYLe O e IMPaROIMVPROVEMEENT IMPMROVEMENET NTPROGRAM JANUARY - FEBRUARY - MARCH 1962 PITdEuston 38 CONTENTS Glass Fibers 2. Stresa Corrosion 3 Formulation Studies Core Material 5. Bonded Aggregates 6 Raw Materials 7. Impact Machine 8. 9 10 - 11 - 120 -130 140 36 Pouring Devics Increase Opening Between Core and Shell - " Molds Kaylo Alumimun Two Layer High Temperature Pipe Insulation Reduce or Eliminate Dust on Kaylo Elook Boiler Insulation Process Shrinkage OTe eee 39 1. GLASS FIBERS a Coatings for glass fibers proce s Some of of various types have been tried for a protective covering to reduce or eliminate attrition through the autoclave these tried by General Research are 1 VinylChloridPleasticol -a Excellent but is high in chlorideandis cocstlyostly 2 - VinylVinyl Acetate er eee 55 Coating disappeared during process - fiber attack 3 Urea Formaldehyde - Urac 180 - Coating disappeared but fiber appeared to be in good condition No adhesion to Kayloo 4 Shell Expory 828 - Trace of ooating left after processing Fiber appeared in good condition High cost 5 6 DoDwow Polyetene - PS2 - Resin disappeared may havebeen absorbed by the Kaylo Being thermoplastic * Melenine Melmac 405- Same results no 3 formaldehyde 7 HiSlightlyPhenolic PhenPheo nPolhil ceni olc icMMonsanto oMonnssanatonto1013 - Excellent results 8 475 Novolak Type Phenolic Novolak compcaomparedrTeyped to Phen Tybon o Tybl on Pi henolic c 5418 5418 compared to Tybon Acme - Poor results when compared 5418 Dick . 9 - Phenolic Copolymer - Newark Plant - Poor results when with with Tyben Tyben with Tyben 10 Melamine - Phenolic Copolymer - Newark Flast - Poor results when compared with Tybon 16 . 11 General Mille Folvasid Hot Folvasid Hot Folvasid Melt - Resin absorbed away fiberintoKaylo matmrix atrix durinpgrocess Fiber appeared good condition from in from The following specification was set for a coating that gave the best results and which was low in chloride content It was Tybon 5418 Phenolic Resin American < Marlatta at 62 solids It was used on K75 1/0 yarn at 636 size with 40 nominal ignition loss with 35-45 rango There are approximately four 4 beads of length There were various runs cade with variations in percent of coating ranging from 38.5 to 57 chopped lengths at 1-1 to " ~~ce The main reasons for using Tybon 5418 Phenolic Resin are 1 2 3 4 5 Lower cost Survival of autoclaving process Low chloride content Beading ability Good adherence to Kaylo body b Teet runs were made with various formulations that are designed for different percentages of coated fibers which gave a similar variance in glass percentages different types of fiberal multiple lengths of fiberst pouring method variances In the January tests the vinyl chloride coated fibers gave superior test results to any of the phenolic fibers Some of the fibers coatings etc. used are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vinyl chloride - 2 length Phenolic 1-3 length Phenolic - 1-1 length Combinations of 2 and 3 Haldron opened W3 amosite astestos Continations of vinyl chloride and Waldron W3 asbestoso Continations of Phenolic Resin and Waldron W3 amonite opened opened Runs using above variations of coated glass fibers and dry milled opened W3 amosite were made using different designs of the 36 pouring device The presence of air holes and slip planes formed by clogging of the nozzle at too frequent intervals was the main defect and was the technical problem to be overc033 . A combination of %% opened amosite % chrysotile and % vinyl coated glass fiber for a total of 21 of fiber gave maximum of eight 8 drops an average of 5.8 and 6.8 drops The orientation of the fiber was good The 36 Bauer Mill was redesigned for a dry mill basis for opening W3 and other anosite and chrysotile grades of asbestos Various types of coated fibers were used both phenolic and vinyl The vinyl coating gave a more pliable glass fiber which resulted in less clogging of the pouring nozzles than was experienced from the stiff phenolic covering Vinyl coated glass fibers were used in many of the February and early Maroh test trials These results are summarized 1 It was found that a least 15 based on batch weight plus coated glass fiber produced results fiber content of 18 to 20 of which at was dry rilled opened amosite or atosite a significant increase in the drop test 2 Although resistance to breakage in the drop test was markedly increased by the inclusion of 5 to 73 of phenolic coated fiber these amounts of the stiff fiber contributed to forming difficulties that resulted in a poorly consolidated body and low modulus of rupture values The ware was generally unacceptable in spite of rather high drop test ralms / 3 The inclusion of 0.5 vinyl coated noticeable effect on the drop test values was easily observed in the This product fiber resulted in no amount of vinyl fiber arosite 4 Bauer Milled opened amosite proved satisfactory as arosite opened by Waldron to be as Newark equipment or by the shredder at 5 The inclusion of % of sodium millify the effect of chloride silicate in the batch to resulted in no advereo ion resulting from the vinyl coated effects process or product vica fiber 6 Cores out method of drops than similar ware pouring gave on an average of 1.3 more poured with the cores in ' c and Grand cent used Shipments of various test runs Rapids The New were made to Granville in these shipmenteOrlwaesatna ware was returned to Berlin New The Orleans equip- 1 2 3 4 Granville - Commercial LTL truck Freight New Orleans - Car load Return to Berlin - R.R. Acme Fast Commercial LTL truck Grand Rapids - Commercial LTL truck Abuce in transit varied in manner of equipment rather than distance 1 Granville Sone abuse - horizontal loading of some cartons / ovidence of other material loaded on cartons C C C C C 2 New Orleans Not too much no evidence of damage - R.R. Car condition good - by droppingo horizontal loading - some end damage to cartone 3 New Orleans 2 return to Berlint Terrific shipment - cartons on side other abuse on LTL top - cartons palletized and heavy material loaded on cutting into cartons and metal straps pulled tight cracking ware 4 _ large Grand Rapids Cartons loaded had considerable damage LTL on side - shipment size 12 x 1-1 In the Granville New Orleans and were damaged out of 1134 pieces return to Berlin for a total 52.8 shipped which included The results ware shipments 599 pieces competitors ware 1 2 3 4 5 Carey = Highest damage Kaylo standard production second highest damage Hansville Glass fiber reinforcements in all Sprout Waldron opened W3 amosite pfeirbceerntages and variables 81.5 81.5 60.8 56.5 * 47.15 47.15 5.6 5.6 | 76.5 On these shipments there was damaged 15.5 to New Orleans % of total ware shipped to return from New Orleans To size defective Granville to Berlin x x x 1-1 12 x 1-1 153 211 187 24 24 -- ---- 4 0 n " 25.5 35.35 31.29 400x 400 % 599 pcso 100 . Total pieces shipped were 1134 The ware shipped to Grand Rapids was loaded horizontally at some trucking terminal after leaving Berlin year marks The cartons on both sides of cartons very definitely showed the later formulation in use Improvement was noted This ware had 36 Bauer Hill breakagevise on asbestos in the formulation and phenolic coated opened dry w vare after inspection out of the total size shippgeldass fibers Damaged 6^ 1 1705X 1705X .. Following was the percentage of defective half related to the total of all half sections by size as sections damaged 1-1 68.15 8 x 1-1 8.5 6x2 14.9 . 4x1 8.5 This last table records the of total half sections damaged inspected half sections as related to size 12 x 1-1 x 1-1 x 4x1 4x1 4x1 25.0 3,1 5.5 3.1 This LTL shipment to Grand exceptionally heavy abuse Rapide eventhough most of the ware suffered by being borizontally loaded some place reflected the improvement made formulation enroute ments were made wise since the first three to Granville New Orleans and Berlin ship- UIE A d A Kaylo Product Improvement York Tuesday March 20 1962. It Committee Meeting was held in New formulation would be placed in was agreed there that the improved 1962 and it was The production at 36 Bauer Mill the Berlin Plant on March 21 y dry milled anoeite and other asbestos was moved into position for dumping Sufficient vinyl coated glass 1/25 in formulation W3 fiber directly into the hydropulper was recured from Anderson to place 10.5 pcf The dust amountopened acosite was included The donsity was was temporarily designated at 500 set at amount could be had and maintained from lbs if this has continued in production with the present finishing lines The plant Some problems were encountered least to the point where but tahobsoevehaovuetlibneeend first phase formulation mostly overcome at the vinyl coated they are not in a major classification classification glass fibers were secured to Cutters for length first used chop the fiber to the 1-1 e The General Research committee to proceed Laboratory personnel were glass fibers that woulads quickly as possible to discover instructed by a coating for the 1 2 3 4 Be less costly than vinyl chloride Have the same or additional flexibilciotayting Contain less chloride Have a rapid drying rate f The objectives of the Kaylo batch are program of using coated glass fibers in are for 1 Discontinue the use of screening purposes replacing the present coated glass them with glass waste fibers which 2 Reduce the general product's waste present glass fiber cost by utilizing textile or ; . 3 glass waste to 4 by 3 and dry in Through a where it series of choppers cutters shredders is sized suitable for inclusion process Kaylo slurry Design equipment necessary to coat glass fibers for immediate use as prepared 5 3 and 4 Utilize the glass fiber waste at Barrington Plant for use at Berlin If more tonnage needed through to source with lowest freight cost for shipment to Bgeorlin next use of Fiberglas 6 Determine the gives the highest number optimum length of coated glass fibers which most handling abuse of drops before greatest impact resistance results takes cracking or breaking 7 Ascertain improvements in K coated glass fibers affect this factor if varied percentages of property 44 20 STRESS CORROSION a: a Sales has need for a calcium silicate product with a lower than competitors measurable chloride sulation for use in content to be the leader in beat in- combating stress corrosion or vessele when such attack is on stainless steel pipe particularly sea water aggravated by the presence of moisture b Sales Research and Testing groupe had a personnel regarding acceptance of OCF's meeting with DuPont of Dr. Fontana of Ohio State measurements together with these end products regarding ppm particularly pipe of chloride present in Xaylo these measurements as covering DuPont's poeple did not accept would be acceptable such However DuPont personnel did state that Kaylo in the form of as sodium a heat insulation for stainless steel if an inhibitor silicate were present c It is an academic follow along with Duport question whether or not other custocers would thought that they would representatives stand of Kaylo acceptance It is which would include Carbide Chemicals Monsanto Dow Shell and other It would at least give Sales an present strong argumente in favor of low opportunity to chloride content of Kaylo d There are two DuPont people insisted ways to add be added the inhibitor sodium silicate that 1 Introduce it into the batch at through the process There will this can be a probably be measurable variable is not yet of the misting stage and follow some attrition result known Whether 2 It can be added as a by either spraying or dipping coating before to ID - OD - Ends and side edges slight overtrin to preserve the wrapping If applied as a coating a Also a study on drying needs dimensional stability may need to be made for coated material before must determine the method and equipment needed canvas is applied if such is necessary e Some companies Carbide Placite 7122 on all stainless stCeheelmibceaflosreincluded use a material called including Kaylo The insulating with materials it costs 0.50 a upper temperature limit is only 482 degreed F and sq ft applied and R bond which is now as X Bond has a temperature limit of 2000 designated application cost of less than degrees F. It should have an of 18-20 minutes We 0.50 per sq ft However it has a pot life that feel this OCF distributed K Bond material has is tooubetwemiadgeh wthheethdeirsadavaGnutnangiete of the relatively short pot life advantagee A study spray may be used with the 20 minute pot life f Salee will want all material sent to these chloride content This whether customers to be of a low stainless steel they the customers intend to use it on be or other applications It is reasoned that there to abenyplqauceesdtio on n osftahiunmlaenssfailure if only one type of insulation iscanpnroetsent as a batch Therefore it is planned to include sodium silicate component so as to have this inhibitor in all Kaylo end products _ . . : ; . ; 45 g The Navy specifications call for with Benjasin Foster 57 covering all stainless steel coating before insulation is applied Here again samples of OC K Bond should be submitted for trial along with Keylo insulation after sodium silicate has purposes cessfully in the batch as a stress been placed suc corrosion inhibitor h content A different grade of chrysotile asbestor has been adopted as a standard batch of lower chloride lovers the overall chloride contoat of Kaylo hemaatteirnisaullatTihoins naturally 1 Arrangements have been cade with the chlorido tests in their their Barrington Plant to conduct end laboratory of Berlin's Berlin's production product chloride determination and the This is an chloride content purpose is to check daily The stability once it is established established at the lowest sampling method is to be devised and set ppx possible Laboratories up by General Research and Testing j Dufont currently approves the steel applications and following insulations for causing stress - corrosisotnatecsratchkaitngthese products are relatively stainless free of 1 2 3 4 Unibeatos - 1200 . Carcy Temp - 275 max Foam Glass - 300 mas Rigid urethane foam - 150 max ae k In a report issund 3/2/62 N. A. Lotz stated the insulation and maintenance Mr. J. Roy Allen i Services Department and is painting consultant in DuPont's Engineering Practices also chairman of DuPont's DuPont's Thermal Insulation Committeso Mr. Allen told us that the cators do not like to work with majority of DuPont's appli- Cares Temp is limited to Unibestos due to its poor handleability starts to lose its 275 because the silicone treatment treatment in Carey Temp water repellency characteristic at Fosa glasa le limited to F F It is approximately 275 applications but Mr. Allen stated primarily used on low temperature that his experience has shown that urethane lia less expensive on an applied basis Wishes Mr. Allen in W. A. Lotz's raport to get approval for Kaylo we could stated that if Oveno Corning solium silicate by weight This probably probably do so by adding % approach This approach approach would undoubtedly aporate without tests undoubtedly usimmediate without requirior approach would would would Mr. Allen undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly get ust a sodium silicate inhibitor rather rather strongly recommendoi that we water rapellent than attempt to make our product Ee also ggested that we consider of the stainless steel and the dripping water on the interface be is concerned that Carey Carey Temp to simulate field conditions as this test procedure procedure as used applicable to penwicking materials such by DuPont is not completely as Carey Temp 1 Sodium silicate glass "rr powdered can be solution # in batch 10L 1 x 7 without without substituted for sodium silicate on the mixing floor or adverse effect on consistency either on the pouring line Laboratory tests indicate that a significant reduction in consistency can be sodium silicate will remain an inactive inactive expeted since the powdered to autoclaving ingredient in the batch until subject 46 07- C 4 (: ot DuPont charges as much as 3:58 cents core per pound solids for the powder delivered to Berlin Sodium silicate solution delivered to Berlin <3.60 centa per lb Sodium silicate powder delivered to Berlin is 7.18 cents per pound Above from R. F. Shannon's letter to R. C. Amos dated 3/27/620 a The basic sodium silicate is produced at Grasselli New Jersoy by Dufout General Research Laboratory is to conduct a test to determine whether or not these basic sodium silicate chunks can be run through a Bauer Mill and ground sufficiently fine for incorporation into the Kaylo batch This should produce even lover delivery costs to Berlin n Tests are to be run at Berlin to produce samples for DuPont to check test and appraise the week of April 2 1962 o It is reported that Mr. Allen has retracted his inference that if % codium silicate were placed in Kaylo batch that immediate approval could be secured without testing These samples are to be subcitted but will have to undergo a six months testing application period before acceptance is forthcoming as an approved ingulation meterial relatively free from chlorides that cause corrosion cracking on stainless steel 3. FORMULATION FORMULATION ee STUDIES a Fast standard 10 light density batch was geared to 300 Various problems of dust delivery have been overcome Formulation have made it possible to use additional amounts of dust of dust changes This dust amount was increased to 500 per batch on March 26 which is the maximum the system can continuously deliver and there are times when no dust at all is available the weigh hopper is to be increased to 750 capacity An additional blower is to be procured for the increased dust capacity in the 15 mimite delivery cycle required installation should be completed after blower delivery The equipment the week of May 1962 b It is probable at 500-600 dust per batch that this amount will not be available continuously from scalping kerfing and trim operations It may then be necessary to install grinding equipment which would reduce all Kaylo processed offware to dust for inclusion in batch c Sharples Corporation recommends their model P2000 Horizontal Seeper Center for conversion of 70,000 Ibs of slurry per day having a solids ratio of about 20 to one having a constant and definite colids ratio of about 6. An experiment of this treatment of waste alurry will be made by the Sharples Corporation on April 18 1952. This equipment will handle all of the waste alurry and remove the variability of solids now encountered when placed in batch This test will be followed with diligence for favorable result B wes ee a 7 | : 47 -- ~ . we vee ce EB ee gen - net ag rte oo . d Read Standard a Division of Capital Products Incorporated located at York Pennsylvania had a representative call at the plant and we discussed various projects with him One that they expressed immediate interest in was concentration control of waste slurry for water solids They produce a device for thickening sludge and upgrading alurries A sample was sent to thes of waste slurry at a water solids ratio of 4313. They will attempt to reduce it to a 7-10 to 1 ratio e The grinding of dust through the wet process of the 18 Bauer Mill on a .025 setting was set as a standard procedure Where and when nec- essary this is coupled with the wat milling of asbestos fibers at the same plate settings f Dry Milling of amoeite asbestos has been successfully dry mill plates of devil tooth fibers - W3 and AW as well accomplished The plant is design The W3 amosite and as 47-3 Lake using the 36 other acosite and chrysotile fibers are being successfully opened without length attrition Some changes in physical location of the Bauer Mill were made for direct introduction of opened asbestos fibers into hydropulper An unloading of asbestos bag equipment and a subsequent feeding conveyor into charge aide of Pauer Mill are now being designed by General Engineering Increased strength and resistance to impact was secured by this dry willing method It was adopted as the standard procedure of milling of asbestos fibers on March 21 1952 g The dry milling of asbestos makes it mandatory that all Retestond C Retsond be stored under roof crowded raw material and kept dry space but it This poses a problem in an already must be done to secure the benefite C of the procedure at . h x factor tests are to be run at General Testing Laboratory on present production which has additives still incorporated for a lover K , factor result Tests will also be made on samples with additives removed If K factor holds on non additive specimens the additives will be removed for K factor is now competitively stable This will result in a lower cost per batch and increased strength as reflected in the modulus of rupture 1 The production formulation as of March 21 1962 is at 10.5 pcf The / for this brief period seems to be satisfactory well above minimum in Kaylo CAS for 10 light density After a at bilizing period it is planned to reduce density still further without any deteriorating effects on 10 light density product quality 5 Quicklime was sistency in 17 core standard formulation KEH substituted for hydrated lime giving a higher conmaterial After some trials it was adopted as the It reduced the drip loss damage and the offvare for The prehardening of 17 core material is to be tried during week of April 16 at Berlin using the colloidal oilica made at the Granville Research Laboratory Conmercial Ludor purchased from Dupont has been tried and the results were successful The 17 core material was } preburdened f me a - amern - emny Fae tar 2? mete The cost was far too high The cost of the prehardening agent made at Granville is much less However the present plant 17 core formulation using quickline in giving the plant improved operating results and lover offware Unless this formulation is directly responsible for proved blows in Roddia door manufacturing procesess the 17 core material will not be prehardened with the agent necessary to speed up the chemical reaction being added This will keep the cost of producing 17 core material at a lower bass The results of this prehardening test run will be kept for future use if needed the same with the procesa procedures for making as developed by the General Research group 1 The present production formulation has been subjected to a temperature of 1200 degrees F. for 96 hours on the hot pipe tester at Berlin This contains 0.5 of coated vinyl glass fiber Further tests are to be conducted at once to determine whether the maxious temperature of serviceability for 10 light density can be increased to 1500 degrees Fo 4. CORE MATERIAL a A meeting was held January 245 with Roddis Division personnel of the Weyerhaeuser Company and General Research and Sales regarding possibilities of mutually developing a 1-1 hour rated fire door Another desire vas to bave a low cost door with a 3/4 hour fire rating About 100 degrees increase in temperature on cold side of door would be needed At one hour presentincrease rating the temperature is from 1700 to 1750 degrees F. The weakness in present one hour fire doors is the salts impregnated wood rails To reach 1-1 hours advancement in fire resistance of this wood must be securedo , b The R and R bond fire retarding agent has resistance This work of oocent which is now known as K Bond a good chance of increasing the range development is to continue as rapidly being a good of fire as possible c It should be the concern of all interested OCF parties to make any improvements resulting in a 1-1 fire rated door a proprietary process or product rather than one mutually ahared with one customer only d Roddis Division of Weyerhaeuser Company has been granted permission by Underwriters Laboratory to substitute 17 for 20 core material for use in one hour B label doors 17 core material has been sent to Roddis for their 20 core trials Roddia is still in stock for now receiving 17 core them at Berlin material except for 0 Curtis Companies Inc. saw a fire test at Forest Products Lab at Madison Wisconsin that was successful Kopper's treated styles and rails with salts impregnation to 3 to 4 lbs were used A change from standard Kaylo door assembly vas made Two pieces nominal 24 x 36 were used on top rather than standard 12 x 18 and 18 x 36 However temperature on cold side 8 30 minutes was 190 For Roddis at Underwriters it was 156 49 -10- Curtis Companies made up five doors February 6 7 and 8 for tests at New London on glue wheel with hand at Underwriters Lab in glued by hand placed clampe and one 1 assembled placed clamps in horizontal vare made under inspection of Underwriters positions on table These to Chicago on February 9 1962 Underwriters inspector They were shipped Curtis Companies had a fire test March 8 1962. It failed at Underwriters the door and to pass because the fire somehow ignited the cold side stood up perfectly The stiles and From Jin Bearons woll At rails however did the door approximately knob 40 minutes fazes started about and the top of the door half way between of the door ignited This was the Slowly but surely the whole face minutes the face started to burn north door On the south door at 45 It worked its way down the at the upper right hand door know bour At the end whole side The test continued corner burned off of the hour the face cold side through the the north door and the face was almost completely door When they hit it with the was burned half way off the south Kaylo and the door north 30 lb. pressure of the fire hose the half of the door completely disappeared disappeared the south door about This was a disappointment to first test at Madison was very successful ran into everyone everyone concerned Although the some problem with fire the second Curtis test Curtis intends to test made in the near go back future through Underwriters Lab again and have another f Young Door Company at Sunbury intent to mamifacture a one hour Fennsylvania have the desire and using 17 as March 1 1962 the and mineral 17 core rated Class B wood material They set a face fire door target date of Sunbury Plant where core material was shipped from Berlin to experimental door manufacture was to their plan to test these doors at an eastern begin They acceptance test at Underwriters Lab in lCahbiocraatgoory before going for an has g General rejection at Research been asked by the Plant on the Roddis to try to develop a sonic device basis of alab for leading to blowa in bot Research press wood fire door manufacturing detection of defoots people are evaluating the sonic manufacturing processes The mont This report is set for April 30 concept 1962 for practicality for develop- h It is planned to make porating coated glass fibers in s1 oc7 e eaxnpderiemveanltuaatle trial runs in April incor- results war his 5. BONDED AGGREXATES AGGREXATES a United Clay Hines Corporation in February stated that they had developed a high temperature bonded aggregate does not crack on drying with 12 x 12 samples They had values in excess of 110 pai at 13.5 lb. density They have to R. F. Shannon product that secured / submitted these samples to OCF for evaluation They are filing patenta on this product I and C Division have indicated they are interested in following this develop- pent J. B. Dennis of United Clay has stated that if we do not take the product they will go to JM tho have indicated they want it b mixture It was proposed several of Kaylo dust and Ludox months It is ago now that trials be made on a pressed proposed that such a mixture be strengthened by the addition of coated glass fibers of randoa lengths if necessaryo c A combination of Zeosil which is an ultra fins precipitated silicoaluminate compound with lime asbestos and water has on small lab semple tests given good strengths when dried at 8 hours at 150 Zecsil is very reactive with Cab It is manufactured by the J. M. Haber Corporation Grace Maryland It is planned to try tests of our own during the week of April 92 at Granville This offers another lead for a autoclaved product . d The necessity for a autoclaved high temperature heat insulation product is post pronounced for the foreign markets such as Nexico South Africa and Australia The autoclaved product if strengthened with noncoated glass fibers particularly of waste derivative would be of inmense value to foreign subsidiaries of Corning The cost of remixing pressing and drying equipment with as few molds as necessary would greatly reduce the investment cost for getting into production A good top grade product could give Carey Teap real competition If the cost can be lowered and this passed on to the custoser this has all of the ear marks of a leador General We intent to keep pressing on Research group at Granville this development work real with industry the 6. RAW MATERIALS a Rice sized 34 pebble lime produced by National Gypsum is yet to be evaluated at General Research Laboratory and b the Zoosil has prospects as a prehardening agent for 17 possible source of silica for a autoclaved calcium material This is a J.M. Huber product Tests are to be made core material silicate in April a Caddo Tripoli of Glenwood Arkansas produced by Collinson is in production on 200 and 325 och material a cource for a second supply vendor if caterial and price Baker and This may afford are assfactory -12- a | 51 lon d Manville expects to be in production of a new type for them of diatomaceous earth sometime in the fourth quarter of 1962. There is reason to believe that the deposit is in New Mexico This material may be satisfactory as a second source of diatomaceous earth and cost and freight will probably be competitive to other suppliers such as Picher Long fibered amosite particularly 43 has been opened by dry Bauer Hilling on the 36 mill Trial formulation runs have indicated that a superior product results giving added strength and increased resistance to impact and abuse There is not sufficient W3 anosite available in the now required tonnages since it was substituted for like amounts of chrysotile asbestos The AW on band will be used but this grade is in short supply also A k3 grade of amosite is to be trial teated at the Ganeral Research Laboratory and if successful trial tested in several production runs in the plant It is anticipated that this grade of amogite will be acceptable for mbstitution since it was 80 successfully tested several years ago This should be completed by April 20 and General Purchasing then can contract for the X3 grade of cosite 7. IMPACT MACHINE The General Testing Laboratory has completed the development building calibrating in foot pounds and testing of the requested impact machine As soon as the test data has been analyzed and the machine declared by the General Testing Laboratory to be ready for plant Quality Control tests for impact measurements it will upon request from the planbte Bont to Berlin Another machine is to be built and kept in the General Testing Lab for correlation of results with Barlin Quality Control Department This detail should be handled in April Z 8. 36 POURING DEVICE a Additional changes have been made to the 36 pouring device The pouring technique has demonstrated that a successful operation can be expected on 1-1 minimum thickness sizes where the opening is sufficient to allow coated glass fiber to pass through the mold filling alot without clogging and causing slip planes and air holes Design must be secured to allow the filling of the device to be in proportion to the size of the nozzle opening and this to be variable and controllable Engineering and Design application is to be followed closely to successfully complete this device Preliminary tests have indicated that slip planes air holes and pouring folds can be oliminated if the nozzle velocity is not too great and no , clogging is had 9. INCREASE OF OPENING BETWEEN CORE AND SHELL ON " HOLDS a The use of dry milled opmed asbestos fibers as well as coated glass Mibers has resulted in more clogging roping and balling of these fibers in the transmission lines valves and pouring nozzles Opened Sew amosite clogging is nozzle in areas of regulating valves glass fibers particularly the hard coated phenolic ones have a to clog at the pouring nozzle Coated tendency It is an advantage to have the pouring nozzle to reduce such clogging to a minimum This point experienced on the limited use of the trials with as large as possible is true also as a 36 pouring device b Costs are to be procured from an outside shop for the trimming of cores on the 1 thickness colds of pipe covering to a minimum of 1/8 This will increase the opening in the hand pouring nozzles By utilizing a thinner but stronger metal for nozzle fabrication additional opening can be secured over and above this 1/8 . o The plant is to proceed as soon as possible to open this slot on several flights of x 1 molde These are to be placed into production to see if the 8th remaining lip is sufficient to secure good stripping Based upon these and other trial results the decision will be made whether or not to trim back the 1 cor860 100 KAYLO nPe e , a Alumimm A sample from Coustics presently furnished aluminum entoased jacket for Kaylo was reported by them to be full hard Alcoa Aluminum This statement was suspect upon examination of the material The sample was sent for checking to the metallurgist at Alcoa Tennessee Laboratory for Alcoa and the result wass 1 2 3 4 3003 alloy H154 temper Hardness between 1/2 114 and 3/4 Was not 18 or full bard tempar 116 The present alusimm Jacket is oomewhat harder than the first stacks of aluminum from which the first months of Kaylo Jackets were supplied It is not as hard as M's plain aluminum jacket It does not have the spring that 4's alumimum jacket has It will be determined at once whether or not the embossing can be done on 818 or full temper It will further be determined what degree of embossing penetration can be had from Alcoa It was stated some months ago that the H14 full bard temper could not be embossed This statement will be checked for accuracy -14 53 11. TWO LAYER HIGH TEMPERATURE PIPE INSULATIO if a Work will be done at once to determin a layer high tseecmtpieornatuorfe pipe insulation can be developed by placing an " or 1-1 Kaylo inside a similar thickness of Fiberglas oesented into place and producing good handling results with correct nesting and fit 12. REDUCE ORELIMINADTUSET ON KAYLO BLOCK a The Kaylo audit held on that the light density block have reduced or eliminated January 23 1962 carried the the dustiness of the packaged recommendation product b The material to do this is Ludox This can be diluted with water and a light spray be directed on one or both sides This with one side sprayed greatly reduces the dust With both sides sprayed the dust is practically eliminated General Engineering and Research are efforts to design the equipment needed for combining application and drying after application if tests prove this is necessary to avoid mildew attack in high humidity and temperature conditions particularly in storage before field application 13. BOILER INSULATION a Sales is desirous also of having an insulation that could be applied to boilers by impaling upon fastened sharp points in a manner similar to mineral wool We will explore the possibilities of developing such a product and make trial tests of those formulations showing promiss promiss b Product Testing Laboratories issued on February 12"a report stating that there was no apparent degradation of any samples returned from field service - 1 Kaylo block 30 months on 630 outdoor Dowthern tank at Monsanto at Nitro water stained - 2 Kaylo curved block - 10 years at 550 - A cylinder at OCP Plant Berlin Erie Michigan between 3 Kaylo block - double layer = 10 years at 600 on duct economizer inlet header on & W Boiler - Justin R. Whiting Plant 4 air duct test R. B. boiler Kaylo poured block - double layer - 1-1 years at at Segoo Wilsonville 2 unit - & Wooal 600 on secondary Wooal fired 54