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FILE NAME Mundet Cork MCK DATE 1959 Apr 13 DOC MCK006 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes - National Insulation Manufacturers Association MINUTES OF SPRING MEETING NATIONAL of the NATIONAL INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Seaview Country Club April 13 1959 Absecon N. J. d 4 by President meeting following Association in The of the A. Luchs y was called to order at 10:00 M. H. with the in attendance . , Baldwin Company Trenton N. J. M. M. Wilson T. J. Callans Picher The ' Company Cincinnati Ohio | 7 Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co. ; _ Valley Forge Pa an Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. | San Francisco Calif | _ | - Forty Insulations Inc. Aurora Ill GustinManufacturing Company . Kansas City Mo. _. Manville Sales Corp. - N . New York - | + G. J. Christner A.M. Ehret Jr. | . F. W. Muller Sodergren K. L. - - J.J. B. Jobe -. oe W. Burleson - W. D. Caches on aKeasbey & MattisonMattisonCompany or Ambler Pa Bethlehem Pa ~ R. C.Parlett ons D. W. WidmayerWidmayer - Norman Barr . a ns W. M. Deckman | : N. L. Morell 000147 a Mundet Cork Corp. a North Bergen N. j E. Hi Luchs L. T. Choate Fiberglas Corning Toledo Ohio- Corp. . H. T. Williams Pittsburgh Corning Corp. , R. El Buckley .- Company Pittsburgh Plate Glass Pittsburgh Pa oo a R A. M^Laughlin P. Di Kaley |. . . M. W. Keyes O. Miller Lt . | Refractory & Insulation Corp Fi T. Christenson . New York N Y. Be ce Company The Ruberoid New York N. oe oe H. Hutten a ae Union Asbestos & Rubber Company Bloomington Ill : Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft Legal E. Johnson _ E. T. Plummer Ruddock New York N. Y. me . oe Counsel Barnhart National Insulation Manufacturers Assn J. M. New ss . York N. Y. t ; Mr.H. E. Lewis had expressedregrets at being unable toattenda Meeting Mr. Luchs announced that the Board of Directors scheduled for ae | 10:00 A. M. on April 14 1959 would be limitedin attendance to members a of the Board officers legal counsel and invited on guests MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT . Luchs Committes Mr. E. H. Chairman of the Membership reported . that letters of application for Associate Membershipin the Association : - had been received from Punj Sons New Delhi India Bradford Insulations ae ' Ltd. Johannesburg South Africa and Netherlands Rockwool Fe actoe ry - Rotterdam Netherlands . co i -: A motion was madeby Mr. McLaughlin secondedbyMr. Jobe and ; . unanimously passed That Punj Sons Bradford Insulations Ltd. and - Membership CRMC Associate _. Netherlands Rockwool Factory be elected to - a _ Be 000148 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT Cont'd = It was also reported that two letters had been received from insulation . manufacturers inquiring about membership requirements and that informa- tion would be sent to them in the near future . PUBLICITY COMMITTEE REPORT ; Chairman A. M. Ehret Jr. outlined the activities of the Committee in _ accordance with the Committee Meeting that was held on March 5 1959 These Minutes have been circulated to the Board of Directors . It was further reported that written proposals had been received from | three publicity counsels outlining a publicity program for the Association and that several other counsels will be interviewed as soon as possible It was the consensus of these present that a publicity counsel be selected . as soon as possible and that the publicity program be started in n the near by A anmdoutniaonniw ma oussmlyadpe abssyedMr. F. W. Muller seconded 4 Mr. P. D. Kaley woe an That the Executive Committee be authorized to - - act upon the recommendation of the Publicity _* . . Committee as to the selection of the NIMA ce counse and further - publicity ; oS wd | Meeting with That Fall the counsel be present at the plan a definite of operations worked out a o. e _ discussed a : The appropriation for the publicity program is tobe . Board of Directors Meeting on the following day _ ~ M at the poo oo, TECHNICAL & RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT oe Chairman R. C. Parlett outlined the activities of the Committee as follows ae , . Thefirst meetingof the Chairmen of the Technical & Research Committee ow memt et February 19 at the office of the Association Attending were a M. W. Keyes - U. W. Smith K. M.Ritchie ' R. C. Parlett | TECHNICAL & RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT Cont'd The meeting as planned decided upon an over all objective and suggested _ activities for the committee as follows co atomic i.e. 1. Keep abreast of new process developments i.e. _ energy etc. and new products of users of insulation oe 2. Maintain laison with major engineering and technical societies in __ reference to papers and assist in preparation of discussions involving _. insulation and its uses societies such as ASHR BRI NFPA |. ASME & AICE Heat Transfer Section SO De 3. Coordinate Association members activities concerning methodosf tests and ASTM material specifications - Committee 16 on 4. Check NIMA publicity for technical accuracy - = ; ; 5. Advise Association on research projects on insulation encouragement _ | or participation therein Such projects as those contemplated or engaged in by ASTM ACEm Navy Yard Aviation Government agencies etc. . pet oo. 6. Assist Secretary in answering technical inquiries from insulation - _. mem anb d me emr bes rs Doe oe el ; |. 7. Assist members in preparation of insulation specifications for Government Agencies such as Military Army Navy Air Force . Corps of Engineers Department of Commerce General Services | Administration Coast Guard Federal Housing Authority etc. _ fire safety 8. Study and report any data on general safety problems connected with -- _-, insulation uses such as toxicity etc. Review Underwriters American Gas Associations and others Approval on Insulating | ai 9. Assist in preparing technical articles on insulation trade =~ =. _. publications such as Materials of Engineering Heating Piping and 10. Study trade and technical literature for information on effective use ... - of insulating materials and translate for distribution to members _.. 11. Work with other groups developing improved methods of application ' ; =. a _ ship etc. insulation workman- TECHNICAL & RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT ) Cont'd , 12. 7. ' Contact government agencies regarding insulation problems specifications etc. such as Navy Corps of Engineers BRAB etc. 13 Determine the availability of reliable testing laboratories and their facilities for the use of the members | ne os . After considerable discussion of the names assigned to the Section Committee it was agreed to recommend these be changed from Mineral Wool to Rock & Slag Glass to remain _. - Magnesia to Asbestos - Mr. committee Smith will report further on recommendations made in his : _ for further change for the Magnesia section designation It was agreed that the Section of the Committee could function best with ~ full representation of the manufacturers of each product group rather than - -. oo limiting the number of members to five and other members were subse- quently appointed to these Committees . has at oe As agreed upon the meeting the Secretary started the preparation of os a glossary of trade names pertaining to all types of industrial insulation _ products . ne , ae has obtained agreed upon in Committee the Secretary from the members : lists of their products and the various ASTM Federal and Military specifica- , _ tions which these products meet This information is being assembled and _ distributed to the members As agreed upon in Committee the Secretary - 9: testing -_. has circularized a number of laboratories and obtained information _ of the availability of their equipment for conductivity testing This informa- tion including type of apparatus cost of testing etc. is being summarized - and circulated to the members There is no information available as to . _ the reliability of these laboratories for conductivity testing but Task oe Group 10 of the ASHR are looking into this and have set joint . _ committee with members of commercial laboratories to work the problem of standardization Se The Chairmen decided upon dates and locations for Section meetings of the Committee which have now been held and will be reported upon by the individual Section Chairman CRMC _ Other routine matters which the Secretary and Chairman have conferred - upon and decided are oo oS ee | _ 1 a. Referred a firm of consulting engineers to request information they desired on data for insulating storage tanks to contact the various TECHNICAL & RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT Cont'd) Association member companies direct since the '. data had no published . 2 Advised the Ceramic Data Book a reference publication and . - catalog of the ceramic industry to use the of conductivity _ table - of all of insulating materials as given in the ASHR types of published obselete table GUIDEin place the mimi now was which \ mimi Agreed that Mr. Barnhart accept reappointment on the Technical | _ Advisory Committee on Insulation of the ASHR Mr. Barnhart's - Task Group 2 of this Committee expects to have final drafts on a _ chapter on Good Practive Recommendations for Industrial Insulations ready for the ASHR GUIDE's next issue contacting ASTM in | _. 4 Mr. Barnhart has been the Committee 16 . reference to various specifications for test methods and oe insulations involving the Associationmembers products | 5 + Mr. Barnhart has been contacting the Navy regarding ttheirheir proposed - ee Committee status specification for glass fiber pipe insulation and has referred this a to the Glass who will report on the Itwas agreed that the minutes of the Committee Meetings and the Sub- . Section Committee Meetings would be distributed to all members of the Committee as well as the Board of Directors It was the opinion of the | |. various Chairmen that there was not enought time between their meeting _ . Association after the Spring io : _ and this meeting to hold full Technical Committee meetings including held all members of the Sections but these would be Meeting in the future: 7 i a MINERAL WOOL SECTION REPORT| Committee _. Chairman K. M. Ritchie reported on the activities of the - accordance with the Committee Meeting that was held on March 17 These Minutes have been circulated to the Board of Directors : in in oe 1959 or woe Mineral section changed . , Mr. Ritchie requested that the 7 Wool to Rock & Slag - name be > ffrom rom cee Mineral | Bo : Manville Corp. had _ It was reportedthat Mr. E. D. Cox of e been added as member of the Committee | Sales GLASS SECTION REPORT 0 0152 Chairman M. Keyes reported on the activities of the Committee in oe . accordance with the Committee Meeting that was held on March 24 1959:: 7 These Minutes of the Meeting are attached hereto and made a part thereof . MAGNESIA SECTION REPORT Chairman U. W. Smith reported on the activitieosf the Committee in | accordance with the Committee meeting that was held on March 31 1959 These Minutes of the Meeting are attached hereto and made a part thereof Mr. Smith requested that the section name be changed from Magnesia oO to Molded . . 2 an Company It was reported that Mr. M. E. DeReus Union Asbestos & Rubber and Mr. E. C. Shuman Corning Fiberglas Corp. had been added > - | as members of the Committee oe Se a ee ee oe A motion was made by Mr. McLaughlin seconded by Mr. Jobe and passed oo That the name of the Mineral Wool Section be and . changed to the Rock & Slag Section | further BC Magnesia changed That the name of the to the Molded Section Section be a ; oe J to In response a questions from the members as to whether these Subis committee names would be used to designate product categories outside the Association it was ascertained that any work done on .- standards by the committees would be for internal usereoncloymma enn ded d . that any correspondence data etc. that is released in any way will be . oe - in the name of the Technical & Research Committee of NIMA and not oe in the the : name of various sections of the R Committe e ; : : a a : . _ TRAFFIC COMMITTEE REPORT ; Chairman K. L. Sodergren reported on the various activities of the _ Committee in accordance _with the report attached hereto and made a . i. these Minutes : a a , - STATISTICAL COMMITTEE REPORT - . Chairman R. _ E. Buckley reported that the Committee had held no meeting up to this date inasmuch as it was thought it was desirable that the member once on _ companies have an oportunity to use the statistical reporting form at least and comment it ST Pos cee 0153 _ | It was reported that consideration will be given at the Board of Directors _ compsite fMoeertmitnog tthoetrheepsourbtjiencgtmoefmtbheer reslease of 1959 industry statistics in composite