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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1967 Oct 23 DOC OC194 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Report - Kaylo Product Development - q- . - . . oo _- . : . . . ~ Oo Mr. J. H. Thomas Tolodo O s cto2b 3 19e 67 5r. KAYLO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT |. bd ~l. EU ee: ee tee - . ~ & Moan ' . ohh Le! zt . . . & o- - cet . e. t . Coe eye in - *, . Pi Pfeifer sent me word last weak you wanted to talk about the replacement of asbestos program I attempted to content you several time last wook plus on Monday of this week without success As you know I was in Berlin all of last week working on plant process problems To follow on your request to nove promptly on the evaluation of opoxy coated Fiberglas yarns P1 Pfeifer asked Bob Wong for help in getting for us a supply of such yarns for our evaluation in Kaylo As soon as the Chemistry Lab produces the yarns for us we will evaluath in Kayle and results send you the : . EF ae te et re fies -- te ON a De ; recently The opoxy coated yarms reported as being used to good advantage in cement are in reality 12 and rovings ocated with epoxy resin to form miniature fishing rods They are quite stiff about the size of tooth picks and about 1-1 to 3 inches long Mr. MoEvoy agreed to my company- ing Mr. Potts of FIN Division in New York to Rensselaer Polytechnie = October discuss the Institute on Wednesday 25 to Klink the inventor 6 2 ee uk ae - concept adth Professor we nae er. ee TM .s Re The program directed toward replacing asbestos in Kaylo is omplicated huge by 1 the huge investment we have in the SID cylinder pan pouring process at Berlin the need for additional plant capacity and 3 problems --- which must be answered as to type of process to use in the new facility before expansion is undertaken Questions we expand Berlin 301 now in Taledo or do if we build a new plant do we install the slitz to be answered include we build a now plant and do 2 SID cylinder pan pouring process cylinder or another process yet to be determined successful cannot say at the moment with any assurance we will be in developing another type of reinforcement proferably glass which can be best odds adapted to the SID cylinder pan pouring process The I can profoot at the moment are 50/50 In any case the problem won't be solved in a week the program or month In fact we will be lucky to marry to a plant trial_ trial_ stage after a year's offort ' yo marry Daa 00 th te tee In view of the fact the probability of finding another rainforemebnyt by present process which can be used in is at the bost 50/50 do we also direct come of our effort toward a new process and if co what process At the moment there are no high temperature insulations on the market which do not contain at les sono asbestos To the best of our knowledge the only asbestos free product on the market in recent years was OCF's Multitemp Do wo attempt to improve Multitexpt my ansvar would bo no The Hiltitemp concept of post impregnating a probonded product | wasiill conceived It does not land itself to adequate profit margins 283 Mr. J. H. Thomas !! 6. Thou : : ~ -- wee ewe . oa . 98 - ye ms e > + = modi ed Instead if the decision is to develop a product based on glass fibers I would recommand we work on an inargande bonded glass fiber compoate which can be produced in a stel operation possibly vi~ a a ' _ If varadon of the filter press process 1st, Ch BOE 2 . .Lk a ewe .- . . ar we lee rs . re 2 r Caroytemp we We must musNt we aa 7 aggregate the bonded aggregate type product Caroytemp is a We must not forget reinforced with glass and asbestos fibere Philip Carey bonded spoelrvleitteheir breakage problem Careytemp would become the best high of such a - ctoeumlpderature product on the market I believe an OCF version containing 100 percent glass reinforcement would have a high prob- product this is the program which Marketing ability of success As you know canceled on us year after year in the past toward Now that I have given you a brief insight as to my thoughts as to where for your consideration the follow- from here I would like to suggest wo go Initiate a hard hitting intensive search for a fiber substitute ing program for asbestos The effort should be directed mainly toward glass fibers cerando fibers which We should not however alone our eyes to other commercially available in the meantime We should also initiate become an exploratory program directed checking the feasibility of develop ing a glass reinforced bonded aggregate or an inorganic bonded high temperature glass fiber product Multitoxp via a different process Your first thoughts to the above may be wo are spreading our activity too Bush We should instead dooide on one program Under ordinary circumstances However I would we must agree with the idea of concentrating recognize the fact that if we direct on one approach all our efforts toward finding could find ourselves ourselves substitute for asbestos and if not coooseful we a ith two plants Berlin and the new one to be built equipped with a process requiring asbestos On the other hand if the decision is not to continue but start to develop a bonded aggregate looking for a substitute for asbestos or high temperature glass fiber a la Multitemp product we are giving death contence to Berlin the SID cylinder process and the huge invest a ment in the pan pouring process 1.10 we will face an outlay of 6 to 10 million just to revamp Berlin to the now process the chances of technical success I would guesstimate 50/50 What are asbestos in the pan pouring process 90 parcent for a glass orfeinrfeoprlacceidngbonded aggregate product and about 80 percent for & stop process Multitemp type product having a 30+ parcent gross margin bothers me is tiring To carry out any type of program we will What really nood manpower and facilities At the moment I am down to two technicians to 1964 when all research and about 1/2 the space allocated to Kaylo prior three available autoclaves on Kaylo was tordnited at Granville Two of our are in storage for lack of space en 284 284 an, 7 Ape we Mr. J. H. Thomas -3- October 23 1967 At the we moment are attempting to sero in on the improved stress corrosion formulations to be poured after November 15 when a supply of 2379 glass becomes available and provide as much technical servicteo Berlin as time And manpower will peralt Our manpower situation is becoming critical As The recruiting program for new people is batting sero for additional Space we are working with Fred Swank and Ike Myers A 901 will probably be required to provide the space we neod Le - . If you have the time availabis Thursday when you come to Granville I would like to have the opportunity of discussing this program with you ti V f PO e_, aee_ __ eset 3. a Ny F vale ea ~ . we . *. . * . en Sr an wee 7 ee . 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