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FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: March 16, 1970 DOC#: WRG084 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1970 Memo from RJ Bragg regarding replacement of asbestos * CC: v * H. Dodsor. T. F. Egan DATS: -- ---- > -7 V S u b j e c t : Kor.o-Kcte Reiorr.vla.tic: To ate ve have approached the subject in tvo manners: replacement of asbestos with entrained air or with non hazardous fibers. Con cerning the latter program, our efforts have been rewarding at low density with five successive successful fire tests on compositions containing Georgia-Pacific P-32 unbleached cellulosic fiber. During a Manville . , meeting with high ranking Co., Ltd Asbestos Fibre officers Division of on Canadian Johns3/10/70 in South Carolina, I learned the cost figures we ha used in our previous costing were low. For example, I vas given a laid-down cost in Travelers Rest of $.0260/lb. for asbestos. Actually the correct cost is #.03625/lb. In addition, Mr. Payment and I made a substitution of'air entrain ment, changing from Du Por.t's Duponal W A Dry @ $.U8o/lb. to half again as much Proctor & Gamble's Orvas A B Granules @ $.l85/lb. This results in a savings per bag of Mono-Kote (i.e. AEA substitution) of $.025/bag. Combining both of these changes, ve new have a formulation using Ceiluiloc P-32 and Orvus A B which costs $.C2lU7/lb., with a DMC of $1.3735 ner 50 lb. baa. The DMC of standard Mono-Kcte containing asbestos is S 1 . 3 & 0 50 lb. hi?. Strangely enough, because of a competitive situation on the Vest Coast which led Johns-Manville to provide freight equalized shipments *to California, our Los Angeles plant pays less for asbestos than our South Carolina plant ($.02975/lb.). Aeain, using the new costs for asbestos and Orvus, \he.DXC,,of Mono-Kote out of Los Angeles is $1.27/ 50 lb. beg. I believe since ve are lover in cost (l cer.ts/bag) in Travelers Rest, (new formula vs. old) and since I don't have accurate aggregate costs out of Los Angeles, that wo should ask Jim Zisson to cost out the new formula at several points in the U.S. An important consideration here is that the Vest Coast area should be able to buy Ceiluiloc at a lower cost than the Eastern U.S. RJBtnlr