Document ExeLq84n62k1Kj2vpddkBeY3R

FILE NAME: BF Goodrich (BFG) DATE: 0000 DOC#: BFG047 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Attachment #4 - To what is unclear / ATTACHMHRT #4 a. As a major manufacturer of tiraa and rubber products, the Company obviously used a great deal of machinery at its Akron, Ohio complex. The machinery that has been identified and the manufacturer of such machines (where known) are as follows: Pot heaters Curing heaters Tire Molds Bead Machines Tire Machines (Goodrich, Akron Standard Bias Cutters (Rational Rubber Machinery, Spadone) FCDfl Tire Painters Bagging Machines Tire Curing Presses (Rational Machinery, McReil, Summit (pre-1960)) Most of these machines contained braking devices, which may at one time have used asbestos or asbestos-based products as an insulating material. Asbestos may also have been used as platen insulation and in 'heat shield'-type functions in certain of the machinery, such as tire curing presses. The Company does not recollect who repaired this machinery, or whether there was ever any need to repair or replace any parts of the machinery which may have contained asbestos or an asbestos containing product.