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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1977 Jan 20 DOC#: WH512 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo Re Cobra Brake Shoes ** f Intel l\ ` ' r AQ tbVS'iU te#. Ketin* 1.0 J. M. Fanner th IC I January >0* 1B7T COBRA BRAKE SHOES te M discussed this sentine it is y opinion that John.-H.nviU. .v.ntu.lly jj H H * . S m if'it friction aterais industry. I base this opinion on the following points. ' l Presently there is a treeendous aeount of hysteria l* S r ^ S L r S e l i th. M l t h J t . Of n p o n r i to M i l ow t l t l of lrbo. rfeingeurl.atoTrhyisaghenacaieexstewn^dreed MtloOStHhiJs p^roTMpJos^iVn^an airborne exposure lieit of 0.1 f/ec B hour run and 0.5 f/cc ceiling concentration. m s ir ss& ;" .s .= r r s .,is L as asbestos fiber. 3. TthreaiUnnmietnedarTerabnesipnogrtexOpnoisoend ^to1Jfl*b2e*r-st5r*eJl-e2aSs*^ffrroone oDfrvoeepreahrbterareateakdet boshrfaoTkeesrascnhasnopeosb*reta"ptiwoJn^Lidt^oeJd^d. e^teJTrJn^SineSe^ewif waaswbceessrwtons- has been conveyed to W M C O and they I**an s!Tt"~" to us the developsent and production of an neonato free brake atoe. a t e n is a lerce potential serket ($2.0i) f w * composition brake shoes in subway use. 1 understand the ness transit systens in hew Fork City and Atlanta have mandated an asbestos-free shoe. 3, Our najor competition, Abex Corp.* is Presently producing* earketing and extensively advertising an asbestos and lead free composition. A copy *of their advertisement is attached. Ci , p. Kotin* M.D. > 2 January 20 1977 *. ^ , nroduot *npntly ! superior S a ^ . t t S r ^ c r i = i . ^ .* _ .__ 1.4 k raeoMMndod that HiS 8Su0nBvdiepSrrcseitpSaanrdealTtahapXtnr otCghrraata28tdoulaP * * *l TM ^ ;. < m r; f gn^*oo.astipgirnoensifeinchtayn t Salth ha*erd i. craatad would b. vary COBRA ahoa. I difficult to do. . . KMFijh * Attach. 4