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FILE NAME: Crane Company (CRC) DATE: 1983 DOC#: CRC050 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Gasket Materials H t . S . C- bubirn V. H. McLean GASKET MATERIALS Tour le tte r 2/26/ 1 Indian Orchard Chicago 3/9/81 The only dato circulated to date Is the Engineering Specification icnhartegwaarsdsrealesabseesdtosforfregerapfaocllkiiutegms/gpaatkcketins g. T his, o f course. Is applicable to eith er Iroa or Eteel waives but the prime a p p lic a tio n , because of co st. Is with s te e l valves. The purpose o f the In stru ction was to put Into practice a standard, method for furnishing asbestos free packing when requested by a cuscomer. I f you have a custooer that wants asbestos free gaskets in a Lind.torque operator, theo this fs a subject for negotiation between the 1.0. Purchasing Dcportocnt and Limitorque. If necessary, you can always change these prior to shipment to your customer. 1 httve not recetved any correspondence from D.Jahnkc regarding gasket sheets containing asbestos. If there are corporate prohibitions on asbestos gaskets Sad packing in Crane plants, then a ll the valve plants are In trouble. 1 fu lly appreciate the need for avoidi-ig a healch hasard. Some o f our customers perceive the workplace health regulations in a very s tr ic t way and are banning the use of asbestos in any for::. So far this is a M inority, but a slow ly growing one. - The asbestos used in gaskets/packing is entrapped so thac few, if any, fib ers art- released. The- health hrzerc, as 1 uoiefitsr.c i t , comes above wanhenexatesnbdeesdtostimise. inhTahliesdeninvirroenlma teinvteldyocslarngoet amounts, regularly and over prevail in our valve plants for workers handling gaskets and packing. Few su b stitu tes are available and there cannot withstand the range o f cemperato r e s, corrosion , strength and impact of the asbestos m aterials. We may end up with a number of tailored su b stitu tes to meet the range o f application covered by asbestos alone. This could be a d lf f ic u lt Inventory problem. Vw.'eithhavveenbdeoerns. doTinhglrliitreraa tsucrreeenivnigolaptrioocnesss anads daispcrueasmsinblge substitute products to selection of m aterials for q u a lificttio n testin g of substitute packings and gaskets. Uusnetiol fwaeshloecsacotes agcacsekpettasbalendapltaecrkninagtses,(eoitrh eurn tbiyl OthSelirAe/EiPsi a prohibition on the Or cuflocier preferen ces), we arc forced to coacinue specifying the proven asbestos teace ria l in our products. t-TJMcL; Ip cc; M essrs. K. T. Liner CV.. U. E- Martin Livingston E. L. S till V. C. Kalonc CRNYMCKE3064