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ASBESTOS-FREE BONDED SEGMENTS DURING WORLD WAR II GERMANY WAS-:CUT OFF FROM THE MAJOR SOURCES } OF ASBESTOS AT TIME - CANADA.RHODE'S I A' AND RUSSIA. THEY DEVELOPED FORMULATIONS WITH STEEL WOOL IN PLACE OF ASBESTOS. THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL FOUND USE HOT ONLY IN CARS AND TRUCKS. BUT ALSO IN AIRCRAFT. .-.V Vi. THIS TYPE OF FORMULA-STILL PERSISTS. A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS ABEX 717-5? STILL FITTED O.E. ON THE VOLtCWAGEN BEETLES MADE IN MEXICO. AN IMPROVED VERSION IS ABEX 555 WHICH IS ALSO O.E. ON THE RABBIT IN NORTH AMERICA AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER VOLKSWAGEN MODELS AROUND-THE WORLD. , .. >; . ' ; ' \ IT WAS NOT A BI^sSe&O. COMPLETELY REMOVE THE REMAINING ASBESTOS FROM THIS TYPE OF FORMU^Atib PRODUCE THE ASBESTOS FREE FORMULATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN O.E. AT VOLKSWAGEN IN EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA. AND AT FORD FOR THE ESCORT AND OTHER VEHICLES. . te-Lll : FROM THIS BACKGROUND COMES NA^THWHICH ABEX IS NOW OFFERING FOR THE. NORTH AMERICAN AFTERMARKET.' A SIMILAR PROGRAM IS IN.HAND. IN EUROPE WHERE ABEX-FRANCE IS OFFERING FORMULA 322. NA2.7 IS SPECIALLY fA^DRED FOR U.S. CONDITIONS AND CAN BE COMPARED DIRECTLY WITH OUR VERY POPULAR 261-1 AND 261-2. UNI.IKE EUROPE. A GREAT MAJORITY OF VEHICLES IN NORTH AMERICA USE DUO SERVO BRAKES. FOR THIS WE NEED A LOWER FRICTION. HA27 IS IN THE E-F RANGE -- LIKE 761-1 AND 261-2. NOVO30956