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EELSEY-HAYES Brake Pads Linings & Oruas ..ATTACHMENT 3 ASBESTOS SUPPLIER P 0 s I T I O H 3 .COMPLIANCE TO STANDARDS 011441 ?/ fe/ s/ ,,S NO EES .Bonding Instead of riveting .Eliminate Grinding-Molded approach being considered .Industrial Hygiene Measures .No inediate plans for automation .$300,000 to comply plus $110,000 annually THIOKOl front Else Pads Rear Oise Pads YES HO Hu .Process change from compression to injection moldlng-$1.2 million inveetment-would require rsqualiflcatlon .Non-asbestos substitute presently avallable-ons year lead time for vehicle testing required RAIBESTOS Clutoh Facings YES NO NO .Industrial Hygiene measures to approach 1 fiber/oc .Alternative Raw Materials being consideredglass, mineral wool, combination of fiber All RStD focused on non-asbestos products A1MA Clutch disc asa'y frlotlon facings YES NO YES -.All personnel wearing head hood filters IOC# of the time GENERAL INDUSTRIES Washers NO NO NO .Will cease operations if forced to accept atandards DICKTEN and MASCH Reactor YES NO NO Will stop manufacture of asbeatoa produots if forced to accept standard H. K. PORTER THSRMOID DIV. Clutch Disc Shoe Lining Ass'y-Front and Rear YES NO YES .Fall 76 presentation on non-asbestos clutch facings to Ford-nagative response-cost equivalent .Ability to coat facinga to reduce fiber/cc level at no extra cost Standard of .1 will prohibit asbestos usage .Brake substitutes increase weight and coBt-one year lead time BENDDC Shoe + Lining YES NO YES .1.3 million to meet 1 Fiber/cc limit .5.5 million and 1-3 yrs to neat .3 fiber limit .Impossible to meet .1 level .Semi-metallic disc brakes asbestos-free backing to be completed by fall ooat increment 1.2-1.6 x weight Increment 1.8 x Fiberglass linings on drum-good in lab, not ao good on road .Critical issue-no product for drum brakea-19'90-8l model year projection .Vet sanding & grinding could be instituted AKVIN Muffler Wrap YES NO YES Catalytic Converter Seal JOHNS-MANVILLE Raw Material Asbestoa Fiber NO NO NO Compliance to .5 fiber/cc level thru elimination of asbestos in the muffler wrap assembly .Planned change to fiberglass by 1378 .No present alternate for Converter Seal .In almost all operations 5 flber/ee .By January 1979 2 Fiber/oc in all but 30 stations .Cuidallnea in effect in Quebec sot as savors as U.S .Studies indioate 2 fiber/cc to be a safe level a/ compliance to present 2 fiber/cc std. fe/ present cccollance to proposed .5 fiber/cc std. - / .u n ... .............................. PRODUCED BY FORD VEHICLE MATERIALS EJCINEERING JUNE, 1977