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ASBESTOS
Devoted to the International Asbestos Industry
-- Featuring -- History of Asbestos Textilelnstitute (Part 1)
"Robalit 61 " Suction'Box Covers
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ASBESTOS
VOLUME 54
^ AUGUST 1972
NUMBER 2
FOUNDED JULY 1919 AND PUBttSHCO MONTHLY SINCE THAT DATE
CONTENTS
HISTORY OF U.S. ASBESTOS TEXTILE INDUSTRYCHAPTER XXVI: ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE
THE COVER ................................................................................. NEW MATERIAL REPLACES STEEL - -
IN SUCTION BOX COVERS........ ................................. ASBESTOS-BASED PRODUCTS ................................................ INDUSTRIAL HEALTH/POLLUTION CONTROL............... MARKET CONDITIONS--GENERAL BUSINESS ...............
CONSTRUCTION NEWS............................................................ MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY SALES .................................... PRODUCTION--IMPORTS--EXPORTS ................................. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS .......................................................... PAUL J. SMITH HONORED .................................................... NOTES FROM 1971 ANNUAL REPORTS ............................. MEN ON THE MOVE .............................................................. ASBESTOS STOCK QUOTATIONS .......................................... ASTM STANDARDS.................................................................... NEW ASBESTOS PATENTS .................................................... CALENDAR OF EVENTS .......................................................... REMEMBER WHEN? ...................................................................
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THE HISTORY OF THE ASBESTOS TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES
6/: John A. Bettes, Jr. As edited by the Staff of ASBESTOS
Chapter XXVI: Hlc/Rlighfs in the History of the Asbestos Textile Institute
PART I In the writer's opinion, the founding of the Asbestos
Textile Institute is the single most important event in the History of the Asbestos Textile Industry in the United States. It, therefore, seems fitting that the story of the found ing of the industry's own trade association conclude this his tory of the asbestos textile industry.
In 1944 L. R. Hoff was President of Johns-Manville Sales Corporation. It was Roy Hoff who perceived the need for an industry trade association and it was he who sold the various company Presidents on the advantages to be gained in the establishment of the Asbestos Textile Institute. There is no question but what Roy Hoff was the father of ATI.
An organizational meeting was held at the University Club in New York City on November 16, 1944. Eleven as bestos textile manufacturers were represented, as follows:
Asbestos Textile Co.--Thomas E. Oatfce; .1. Franklin Burke f: Co.--J. Franklin Burke; Carolina Asbestos Co.--C. H. Carlough; Oarlock Packing Co.--George Abliott; Jobns-Mamillc Corjtoration--L. R. Hoff, F. J. Wakcm and A. L.
Fisk, Jr. (Attorney); Kcasbey fc Mattison Co.--F Mueblcck and Wm. C. Scott; Philadelphia Asbestos Co.--E. K, Tuclmcr, Jr., and A. J. Scaulan; Rax bcstos-Manhattan, Inc.--J. F. D. Kohrbach and G. \V. Marsh
all, Jr.; Southern Asbestos Co.--F. E. Schlutcr and G. S. Fabel; Union Asbestos f; Kithhcr Co--L. L. Cohen and R. Wilde; United States Rubber Co.--It. G. Smith and H. E. Sunbury. A constitution and by-laws were adopted at the ATI organiza tional meeting. Tiie stated purposes of the Asbestos Textile Institute, as enumerated in its constitution, are as follows; I.To promote ethical business standards in the Industry end fair
trade practices in dealings between manufacturers end the trade end In representations to the public.
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I Asbestos
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! Vital at all the stops along the way.
At speeds ol up to 100 mph. Amtrak's New York-Washington, D.C. Metroliner needs all the stopping power it can get. So hard-working asbestos is used in the brake shoes on this cannonballing express.
Tough, lightweight, incombustible asbestos is a unique material. Indispensable for hundreds of protective uses-in industry, in homes and public building^, In cars and trucks and trains, on ships, even on spacecraft,
i Without asbestos, life for all of us would be a lot more hazardous.
For information on how asbestos can help you. contact your local J-M representative or the Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd.. Box 1500, Asbestos, P.Q. Or Johns-Manville Asbestos Fibre Sales, Box 159, Manville, New Jersey 08835 U.SA
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2. To lawfully promote the following activities: (a) The development of standards through research, practical tests, and other available means, the application of which by Individual manufacturers, will Insure a proper measure of quality in each of the Industry's products. (b) The development through research and other means of new uses and morkeis for the Industry's products, resulting in en in creased cAfUmption end a grading up of the industry's prod ucts through the sale of better quality asbestos textile materials,
3. To lawfully promote and foster such Industry policies and programs as will fend: (ej To cultivate the good will of engineers, distributors, manufac turers, and the consuming public, and to improve their occeptence of the Industry's products, (b) To develop e more creative selling by the Industry's salesmen, end to instill among such salesmen en attitude of courageous aggressiveness in combating attacks upon the Industry, its Mem bers end its products. (cj To promote Industry welfare through cooperative research, im proved manufacturing, selling- aod distribution methods, (d) To cooperate in maintaining open, free, unrestrained and equit able competition in a manner consistent with the lews of the United States.
4. To act as a clearing house in the collection and dissemination of lawful information ond statistics In respect to production, orders, shipments, stocks on hand, costs, credits, freight rotes, employment, and such other matters as may be of value to the different manu facturers end the trade. No Member shall be required to furnish or receive any such information.
The members of the first Board of Governors of the Asbestos Textile Institute mere elected November 16. 1944, as follows: George S. Fabel, Southern Asbestos Co.; George \V. Marshall, Jr., Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.; William C. Scott, Keasbey & Mattison Co.; Edmund R. Teubner, Phila delphia Asbestos Co.; and Francis J. Wakem, Johns-Manville Corporation. The Board of Governors then elected the fol lowing officers: C. Herbert Carlough as President, George W. Marshall, Jr., as Vice President and William C. Scott as Treasurer.
At the organizational meeting, the members retained F. Sims McGrath, of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, as legal counsel. This prestigious New York Jaw firm has represented ATI ever since that time. The presently assigned counsel is Wendell B. Alcorn.
West Flint' & Co. were retained as Independent Ac countants November 16, 1944. It was their function to com pile industry production figures each calendar quarter and to report to each manufacturer his percentage of the total by
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product categories. The reporting form adopted was the same as that prescribed by the War Production Board during World War II and, in fact, is still being used by the industry.
The first quarterly meeting of ATI was held March 20, 1945. The Board of Governors engaged Harris D. McKinney as Manager and Assistant Treasurer. Mr. McKinney was President of Har*D. McKinney Inc., an advertising agency that specialized in the management of trade associations. The agency now operates from offices in Philadelphia, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio, and handles many industrial accounts.
Also on March 20th the Chase National Bank was desig nated the depository of Institute funds.
On July 25, 1945, Manager McKinney outlined "A Primer on Asbestos Textiles." The 2S-page booket was sub sequently printed and distributed to familiarize students with the properties and uses of asbestos fiber and asbestos textiles.
On October 16, 1945, a joint.meeting was held in Sher brooke, Quebec, Canada, by ATI and the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (QAMA). Five mines and four asbestos textile manufacturers were represented. This was the start of a program which has resulted in substantially improved quality and grading of asbestos fiber over the years. In addi tion, lowered dust count in the fiber has resulted in better yields and in improved working conditions in the asbestos textile mills.
From time to time, various committees were appointed to carry forward the stated objectives of the Association. At the December 1945 conference, William S. Acuff, Sales Man ager for Keasbey & Mattison, was appointed the first Chair man of the Sales Promotion Committee. Most ATI commit tees became permanent standing committees of the Institute, with rotating chairmen and membership.
At this same conference, Robert E. Cryor, then with Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. (now Unareo Industries, Inc), gave a most informative report on his inspection trip to Ger man and other European asbestos textile mills. Mr. Cryor's tour was under the auspices of the U.S. Army and he had been commissioned a Colonel for the duration of his stated activity.
On December 12, 1945, Malcolm I. Ruddock attended his first ATI conference as the representative of Cadvvalader, Wickersham & Taft. At each succeeding conference Mal colm Ruddock reviewed a current law case which he con-
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Dept. AS8872, Carey-Canadian Asbestos, Division of Panacon Corp., P.O. Box 15070. Cincinnati. Ohio 45215.
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Van De Vrande ,... Neill. Cropper A Company, Ltd. ,... Porto Rico Iron Work* ....Will L, Smith. S A. ..,. iCMnterctmbia Commercial
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!' sidered pertinent to the asbestos textile industry. His un timely death on June 18, 1961, was a great loss to CW&T and to the asbestos textile industry. On June 13, 1946, the initial conference of the ATI Dust Control Committee was*called by the Committee's first Chair man, Ernest Muehleck, then President of K&M. The members of the Committee discussed procedures for exhausting, col lecting and measuring asbestos dust. This was the start of a highly beneficial program which is still carried forward by ATI's Air Hygiene & Manufacturing Committee. On December 12, 1946, Jesse M. Weaver, Chairman of the Technical Committee, recommended the establishment of a Research Fellowship at Rutgers University. He also rec ommended the employment of Dr. Mvril C. Shaw as Re search Fellow. Both reeommendations.were approved and the Technical Committee was given responsibility for the direc tion and supervision of the Fellowship. Dr. Shaw's labora tory was actually in the Ceramics Department of the Rutger's University Laboratory. For years, the Ceramics Laboratory had specialized in high temperature work and was well equipped to undertake high temperature testing of asbestos textiles under Dr. Shaw's direction. In subsequent years. Jesse Weaver served several terms as Chairman of the ATI Technical Committee and did as much as any man to direct the Fellowship along productive lines. During World War II wages and prices of all products were "frozen." On December 12, 1946, Manager Harris Mc Kinney notified all members of the industry that the Office of Price Administration (OPA) had removed the price ceil-
' ings on industry products. At the June 194S conference, Harris McKinney resigned
as Manager of ATI and Dr. Shaw was appointed Executive Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, in addition to his duties | as Research Fellow. j At the May 1949 conference, the Sales Promotion Com! mittee presented the first Visual Aid Display. This was an illuminated cabinet outlining the origin and uses of asbestos textiles. The promotional piece met with such enthusiastic acceptance that six additional cabinets were ordered. Over ! the next several years, the cabinets were on short-term disj play at most of the technical colleges in the U.S. ' In March 1930, Dr. Shaw demonstrated the Abrado-
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Asbestos-cement testing machines designed and manufactured by:
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Flex machine which he had developed. This instrument mea sures the comparative resistance of asbestos cloths to fric tional wear, and simultaneously their resistance to flexing. The Abrado-Flex machine simulates the two factors which generally determine the useful life of an asbestos textile in
normal service. -- In April 1951, the publication of a new four-page book
let was authorized. Twenty-eight-thousand copies of "The Story of Asbestos Textiles" were printed, with distribution principally to high schools and elementary schools.
In December 1951, the Constitution and By-Laws of ATI were amended to permit the inclusion of associate mem bers. At the March 1952 conference, applications from two asbestos mines and from two asbestos textile manufacturers were approved: Asbestos Corporation Ltd., English Asbestos Co. Ltd., The Johnson's Co. Ltd. and Small & Parkes Ltd. Invitations for membership were also sent to Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd., The Cape Asbestos Co. Ltd., British Belting & Asbestos Ltd. (now BBA Group Ltd.) and Turner Brothers Asbestos Co. Ltd. All of these long-established members of the industry subsequently joined the Asbestos Textile Insti tute.
The October 1952 conference authorized the printing of the first "Handbook of Asbestos Textiles." The 7S-page pamphlet combined product illustrations and data borrowed from the catalogs of various members of the industry. It also offered basic information and performance charts on as bestos textiles which had been developed by Dr. Shaw in the Fellowship Laboratory at Rutgers. Ten-thousand copies of the Handbook were printed in September 1953.
In March 1954, it was determined that Dr. Shaw had concluded just about all the test programs he could accom plish with the facilities available to him at Rutgers. It was. therefore, decided to transfer the Fellowship and Dr. Shaw to the Philadelphia Textile Institute (now the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science), effective September 1954.
It was decided in September 1955 to purchase a most elaborate exhibit of asbestos textiles and their uses. This was to be an extension of the successful sales campaign pro vided by the seven smaller display cabinets purchased in 1949. The new exhibit consisted of four large illuminated display cabinets to be shown as one unit. During the next
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several years, the educational exhibit was loaned to numerous engineering colleges and technical schools. It was indeed a credit to the industry and to the Asbestos Textile Institute.
The June 5-7, 1936, conference was a gala event in the history of ATI. It was the first quarterly meeting to be held at Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (QAMA) hosted the event and it was a most informative-end educational experience for all dele gates who attended. Members had a choice of going under ground into the Bell Mines (owned by Turner & Newall) or the King Mine (one of the properties of Asbestos Corpora tion). Smaller groups also visited several of the open pit mines. The hosts provided a memorable banquet at the Thet ford Golf Club. Part 2 of the "Highlights in the History of the Asbestos Textile Institute" will appear in the next issue.
Your Attention, Please! We are considering reprinting, in booklet form, the entire "History of the Asbestos Textile Industry in the United States" as it has been appearing monthly in ASBESTOS since the August 1970 issue. The booklet would be the same size as ASBESTOS and would run about 100 pages. Price per reprint would be dependent upon the size of the run but would not exceed $2.95 per copy--a modest sum for what we believe is the only written account of the history of the U.S. asbestos textile in dustry . . . Are you interested? If so, please let us know how many copies you would like. If the number of advance orders is sufficient and you contact us now, we will proceed and the reprints could be available for distribution by or before No vember of this year.
THE COVER Suction box covers in a herringbone pattern are used in
asbestos cement machinery. Made of a synthetic material in stead of steel, the covers were developed by Messrs. Leripa, of Austria, and are marketed under the "Robalit 61" trade name. Turn to page 14 for the complete story.
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Doing Things...
...for Dryer Felt manufacturers
Dryer felts have got to be tough. So UNI ROYAL developed extra tough asbestos yarns for the dryer felt industry that could be woven into felts capable of standing up under all the stresses and temperatures the users could muster.
If you're looking for an asbestos yarn engineered for stability and wear resistance, ask us for specifications. It's so good we don't call it asbestos. We call it ASBESTON, which is another word for dependability.
UNIROYAL FIBER & TEXTILfe 350 Columbia Road WmrubOro.SC. 29180
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NEW MATERIAL REPLACES STEEL
IN SUCTION BOX COVERS
Ever since asbestos cement articles were first produced
on machines similar to papermaking machines, there has been
continuous effort to improve the process. Much work has
gone into improvement of the basic machines and the felts
on which their opetSTTon depends. As is so often the case,
little thought was given to the improvement of a vital part
of the machines, namely the suction box covers.
Vacuum box covers play an important role in an asbestos
cement machine since the friction between the felt and cover
is high and a substantial portion of the power required to
drive the machine is used in overcoming this friction. For
many years the accepted material for covers and strips was
steel. However, steel created relatively high friction and
tended to develop razor-sharp edges that could cause damage
to the felt.
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A synthetic material having an ultra-high molecular
weight and alloyed with the lubricating agent Molykote
(Molybdenum Disulphide) was developed in Austria by
Messrs. Leripa, Leder- und Riemen-Patentverwertungs--
ges.m.b.H. for use as suction box covers on paper machines.
This material, called "Robalit 61," was then successfully ap
plied by Leripa to asbestos cement machines and it is now
used in over 40 countries as a suction box cover on such
machines.
What makes the product so eminently suitable as a suc
tion box cover material? Robalit 61 shows great resistance
against abrasion due to its ultra-high molecular weight and,
because of its extremely low coefficient of friction, it offers a
plane gliding surface to the felt. As a result, felt life is in
creased and driving power requirements drop by about one-
third. Moreover, Robalit 61 is easy to machine and covers of
any desired perforation pattern are offered at no extra cost.
Herringbone patterns (see the front cover of this issue)
have proved to be superior to other patterns as they have a
beneficial stretch-out effect on the felt. As the felt is guided
along the edges of the diagonal slots, it is stretched in the
cross direction thus avoiding a narrowing effect and prevent-
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Robalit 61 is chemically-immune and corrosion-resistant and cleaning is no p**Wem. Its affinity to cement is much less than that of steel.
Installation is easy. A simple method, used in many plants, is to insert the cover into a grid frame with lateral supports. Clamps or b^lts are not necessary as the vacuum beneath the felt maintains the cover in position. This arrange ment allows for a quick change of the cover, if need be, as well as for easy cleaning.
Leripa, in cooperation with felt and asbestos cement machine manufacturers, has compiled comprehensive refer ence data giving details of a number of interesting Robalit 61 installations. Costs frequently are recovered in a few months' time from savings which are the result of the increased life of as few as 2 or 3 felts.
fOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT LERIPA AT MARIAHILFERSTRASS6 US. A.IISI VIENNA, AUSTRIA. OR ITS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, MINERALS l ASRESTOS CORPORATION, P. O. IOX 1204, PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK 10673.
Producers and Exporters of
SOUTH AFRICAN RAW ASBESTOS FIBRES
Valley Asbestos (pty) ltd.
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We are represented in most European Countries, also in U.S.A., Japan and Far East.
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CERTAIN-TEED SIDING BOOKLET Copies of "How to Avoid the $S000 Mistake" are avail-
able from Certain-teed Products Corporation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The new consumer booklet details both the advantages and disadvantages of today's most popular exterior home siding materials: asbestos, aluminum, steel, vinyl, wood and insulated siding. It also gives the homeowner tips on what to considec-when choosing a residing product.
FERODO FLOORING MATERIAL
A new hard-wearing, anti-slip flooring material was recently launched by Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith, Stockport, England. The new deck tread is a flexible molded asbestos/resin material developed by Ferodo for use where a high density of pedestrian traffic exists or for industrial applications where its water- and chemical-resistant characteristics prove particularly valuable. One of the advantages of deck tread lies in its having a high level of friction which is retained even when wet. It also has a high resistance to identation and can withstand pressures of up to 8000 lbs. psi (562 kg/sq cm).
LITERATURE FROM JOHNS-MANVILLE
Johns-Manville Corporation, Denver, Colorado, recently issued a set of Technical Bulletins to describe and illustrate its complete line of sheet gasketing materials. The literature covers over twenty sheet gasketing materials including J-M's extremely thin asbestos paper No. 747 and its compressed white Chrysotile asbestos acid-resistant sheet No. 86A . . . AFD-21A is a six-page folder that uses tables and photo graphs to describe asbestos-asphalt surface overlays and pav ing . . . Brochure No. TR600A was prepared by J-M to de scribe the use of Transite asbestos-cement "T" pipe for use in agriculaural irrigation systems . . . "Pipes & Fittings" is the title of Booklet TR112A which gives data on the com pany's complete line of pipe products including Transite asbestos-cement pipe, PVC plastic pipe, pre-insulated pipe and glass-fiber-reinforced plastic pipe and fittings.
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Careful quality control ensures that our ASBESTOS'SHORTS are free of grit and other minute particles that clog spray equipment
If you reinforce polyester molding compounds, try our 7T SHORTS. They disperse well and have low resin demand. For more infor mation or for test samples of our fibres, write to: Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd., P.O. Box 608, Black Lake, Quebec, Canada.
-SALES AGENTS -
ARGENTUM, Buenos Aires "Insud" Cfa. Sudamericana de Industria y Comercio S.A,
BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro
ILLINOIS, Chicago Jensen-Souders and Assoc., tnc.
MASSACHUSETTS, Allston 0. H. Utter Co., Inc.
Sao Paulo "Braslmet" Comercio MEXICO, Mexico City
e industria SA
Asarco Mexicans, SJt.
CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles A. J. lynch A Co.
MICHIGAN, Detroit Baker & Collinson
CANADA, Montreal Federated Cenco ltd.
NEW YORK, New York 0. K. Utter & Co., tnc.
CANADA, Toronto Federated Genco ltd,
OHIO, Cleveland A. C. Mueller Co., inc,
COLOMBIA, Bogota Kolanda, Colombia, SX
PENNSYLVANIA, Conshohocken Van Horn. Metz & Co., Inc.
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INDUSTRIAL HEALTH / POLLUTION CONTROL
DCE UNITS AT EXPANDITE FACTORY
A new dust control plant serving two lines of asbestos rope braiding machines has been installed by Dust Control Equipment Ltd. of Thurmaston, Leicester, England, at the Bracknell factory qf Expandite Ltd., a member of the Bur-
mah Group of companies. The plant consists of eight DCE Unimaster dust control units linked to a common fan to pro vide exhaust and filtration for the braiding machines. Each Unimaster is equipped with a special secondary filter designed and manufactured by DCE so that the cleaned air can be safely retained in the factory. The dust container of each unit is lined with a plastic bag to facilitate the hygienic re moval and disposal of the collected dust.
INSULATION HYGIENE PROGRESS REPORTS
The Spring 1972 issue of IHPR, published by the Insula tion Industry Hygiene Research Program, advises of an ef fective, economical dust collector for use with band saws, other powered equipment and for general clean-up. Environ mental tests were made on the machine at the factory of Howard Forrest Co. in Houston, Texas, and all measure ments taken showed dust levels to be less than one fiber per milliliter (longer than five microns) during fifty cuts on the material over a ten-minute period of time. Also in this issue are excerpts from the Emergency Asbestos Dust Standard published December 7, 1971, and descriptions of four dis posable respirators that are said to provide useful respiratory protection for asbestos workers during virtually all insula tion work, except in the spraying of asbestos or the removal of old insulation which require the wearing of air-supplied respirators.
The Summer 1972 issue of IHPR contains various arti cles concerned with the proposed asbestos dust standard an nounced by OSHA on June 7, 1972 (see July 1972 AS BESTOS). This edition also lists the cautions essential in the use of all insulation material and reports the findings from a survey of dust counts on construction jobs.
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MARKET CONDITIONS
GENERAL BUSINESS
The biggest nejssJn July tvas political rather than eco nomic, when Senator George McGovern won the Demo cratic nomination for President of tile United States on the first ballot of the party's convention in Miami. The apparent case with which the nomination was won can be somewhat misleading as to the vote-getting power of the candidate when election day rolls around. For example, while certain party leaders who bitterly opposed the McGovern candidacy have since pledged him their full support, for the first time in many years labor leaders have failed to unanimously endorse the Democratic candidate. At least .one large union has de clared for President Nixon and thfe AFL-CIO President, George Meany, has assumed a neutral position. Due to sev eral rather radical proposals made by the candidate prior to his nomination, businessmen in general are quite concerned about what might happen should the Senator wage a success ful campaign for the Presidency. This concern, according to some analysts, may be part of the cause of a slow but per sistent decline in the stock market which has failed, as yet, to show any signs of starting its traditional mid-summer rally. Truth to tell, the market action seems to be baffling even to the "experts," since corporate earnings show general improvement and there are no pronounced signs that the steady rise in business activity is coming to a halt. On the other hand, the fact remains that many businesses are still in the doldrums caused by earlier cutbacks in the aerospace in dustry and their rate of recovery is lagging behind that of many larger, consumer-oriented concerns. This makes for a lack of confidence in certain sectors of the economy which is keeping the brakes on anything resembling a runaway boom.
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CONSTRUCTION NEWS
JUNE 1972 construction contracting was pushed ahead in value by 6%, to $8,477,640,000, due to continued strength in housing. Reflecting-tte current weaknesses in the nonresidentia! and nonbuilding markets, the seasonally-adjusted Dodge Index (1967=100) declined 7% in June to 154.
Nonrcsidential building contracts were valued at $2,446,963.000, a 12% decline from June 1971, with manufacturing plants, schools, hospitals and public buildings all below the rate of last year.
Residential building contracts totaled $4,375,371,000, a 26% increase over the prior June. Apartment contracting posted a healthy 17% increase and good gains in one- and two-family housing plus a sharp spurt-by the small hotelmotel-dormitory component accounted for most of the strength.
Nanbuilding contracts recorded a total value of $1,655,306.000, representing a 6% decline from the June 1971 re sults. Contracting gains for sewer and water facilities paced the nonbuilding totals but utilities and contracting for streets and highways trended lower.
Cmmtlath'e construction contract value for the first half of 1972 totaled $44,705,349,000: Nonresidential, $13,194,035.000, up 5% ; Residential, $21,729,513,000, up 36% ; Nonbuilding, $9,7S1,79S,000, down 6%. The six-month total was 15% ahead of the same period in 1971. [F. W. Dodge Divi sion, McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co.]
MOTOR VEHICLE FACTORY SALES
MAY 1972 motor vehicle sales from plants in the United Slates totaled 1.07S,2S6 (passenger cars--S42.946: trucks and buses--235,340). The cumulative total for the First Five Months of 1972 was 4.953,9SS compared with 4,692,36S for the same period in 1971.
Motor vehicle factory sales from plants in Canada totaled 14S.491 in May 1972. The cumulative total for January-May 1972 was 659.202 against 602,057 for the like 1971 period. [Automobile Manufacturers Association]
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MUCH INCREASED FELT LIFE
MUCH IMPROVED FELT STABILITY ELIMINATING EDGE TRIMMING AND WIDTH SPLITTING
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PRODUCTION--IIV1PORTS--EXPORTS
Australia--Production .option-acoustic asbestos-cement sheets for the six-month period July-Decembcr 1971 totaled 22,266,000 square yards, compared with 2lt272tOOO square yards during the same six months of the previous year. (Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Canberra]
Australia--738 sliort tons of Clirj'sotile asbestos were produced during the January-Scptember 1971 period (681 tons from New South Wales and 57 tons from Western Australia) . ... Imports reached 52,891 tons, valued at $7,490,000. The breakdown is as follows: Chrysotilc, 33,602 tons, valued at $4,902,000; Amosite, 8,612 tons, valued at $1,308,000; Other Types, 10,677 tons, valued at $1,280,000 . . . Exports of AH Types and Grades amounted to 13 tons, valued at less titan $2,000 . . . Comparable totals for the first nine months of 1970 are; 618 tons produced; 50,797 tons imported at a value of $7,116,000; 355 tons exported at a value of $88,000. [Bureau of Mineral Re sources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra]
Canada--Producers' shipments of asbestos during May 1972 totaled 138,281 short tons (115,538 tons from plains in Quebec and 22,743 tons from plants in Newfoundland, Ontario, British Columbia and the Yukon). The total for May 1971 was 145,006 tons . . . The cumu lative total of producers' shipments for the First Five Months of 1972 was 623,597 tons (499,948 tons from Quebec plants and 123,649 tons from plants in the other four Provinces). The total for the same period in 1971 was 595,729 tons. [Statistics Canada]
Republic of South Africa--Production of asbestos for the First Three Months of 1972 totaled 76,137 metric tons: 25,908 tons of Amosite, 12,181 tons of Chrysotile; 36,374 tons of Cape Blue, and 1,674 tons of Transvaal Blue. Total production for the first quarter of 1971 was 75,151 tons . . . Local Sales reached 5,113 tons, valued at R520.425, compared with 9,336 tons, valued at R968.439 during the first quarter of the previous year. The breakdown for 1972 is; Amo site, 579 tons, R66.29S; Chrysotile. 2,989 tons, R239.960; Cape Blue, 1,468 tons, R209.892; Transvaal Blue, 77 tons, R4.275 . . . Exports of asbestos for the first three months of 1972 totaled 46,937 tons, valued at R6,682,188, broken down as follows; Amosite, 15,657 tons, R2,157,366; Chrysotile, 6,820 tons, R^)9,729; Cape Blue, 23,180 tons, R3,682,793; Transvaal Blue, 1,280 tons, R232.300. Total exports for the same period of 1971 were 53,149 tons, valued at R6,704,855. [Department of Mines, Johannesburg]
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Kilborn-engineered asbestos projects in
Canada, U.S.A., South America and Europe
produce a total fibre output of 365,000
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Kilborn services include marketing surveys, process and operating assistance, engineering and construction management for new plants and expansion programs.
KILBORN ENGINEERING LTD. 36 Park Lawn Road, Toronto, Canada
KILBORN ENGINEERING (B.C.) LTD. 1199 West Pender Street, Vancouver, Canada
KILBORN ENGINEERING PACIFIC PTY.LTD. 201-18 Berry Street. Sydney 2060, Australia
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IMPORTS INTO U.S.A.
FJgurei from U.S. Bureau of ihe Census
Unmanufactured Asbestos:
MARCH 1972
j Amosite, South Africa ..................... Crocidolite (Blue) South Africa ....
482 $ 97,355 198 42,712
Chrysotile, Crude, South Africa .....
240 52,688
Chrysotile, Spinning Fibers, Canada....s. tons
1,336
617,068
Chrysotile, Other, -*T&da .................
60,449 6,348,923
Other Crudes & Fibers, Canada........ Finland ............................. ,............
232 14,182 214 15,169
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1 1,111
South Africa .................................
350 58,853
Switzerland ...................................
4 1,538
Manufactured Asbestos Goods:
Asbestos yarn, slivers, etc..................... ....Lb A-C pipes, tubes and fittings ............. ....Lb A-C articles, other ............................... ,,,,Lb Asbestos articles, other ......................... A.
63,526 $ 7,249,599
463,218 $ 5,238,386 1,586,428
398,844 250,537 306,514 264,861
$ 1,220,756
i'nuianufacturcd Asbestos:
JANUARY-MARCH 1972
Amosite, South Africa......................... Crocidolite (Blue) Bolivia .................
South Africa ................................ Chrysotile, Crude, South Africa........ .s. tons Chrvsotilc, Spinning Fibers, Canada.. .s. tons Chrysotile, Other, Canada ................. Other Crudes & Fibers, Canada ........
Finland ............................................ Greece .............................................. Italv.................................................. Mozambique ................................... .$. tons South Africa ................................. Switzerland ....................................
1,900 29
834 330 2,966 171,914 970 739
6 1 33 390 4
$ 319,768 2,966
180,019
73,499 1,399,549
20,387,894 98,438 48.340 1,361 1,111 4,773 70,032
1,538
Manufactured Asbestos Goods:
Asbestos yarn, slivers, etc.............................. Lb
A*C pipes, tubes and fittings ......................Lb
A*C articles, other ...................
Lb
Asbestos articles, other ....................................
180,116 $22,589,288
1,236,189 $ 1,108,515 10,695,299 520,460 5,153,612 &45.090
621,199
$ 3,095,264
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Figures from U.S. Bureau of ihe Census
Unmanufactured Asbestos:
Fibers not further processed than beaten, washed or graded to length..........s. tons
Waste and refuse ....................................s.ttoonnss
Manufactured Aftfestos Goods:
A-C shingles and clapboard ..........................LLbb Other a-c or fiber-cement articles................LLbb Gaskets ............................................................ Lb Packing............................................................. Lb Heat or sound insulation ................................. Textiles and yarns ...................................,.......Lb Protective clothing .......................... Mfrs. other than friction materials Cl. facings and linings for auto, use.........No Other clutch facings and linings .............. No Brake linings for automotive use .v,Jlfc..,..Lb Other brake linings ........................... i..........Lbb
MARCH 1972
3.008 $ 516,748
2,857
355,345
5,865 $ 872,093
1,794,362 $ 181,321
447,784
76,527
32,256
92,162
410,772
521,608
199,411
1,450,888
323,441
11,041
287,98i
400,529 205,011
41,033
34,510
610,241
453,089
270,324
243,087
$2,741,737
Unmanufactured Asbestos:
JANUARY-MARCH 1972
Fibers not further processed than beaten, tons tons
7,155 $1,027,105
4,418
560,796
11,573 $1,587,901
Manufactured Asbestos Goods:
Gaskets ................................................ Packing ............................................. Heat or sound insulation ................ Textiles and yarns............................. Protective clothing ........................... Mfrs. other than friction materials
Tb Tb Tb ..Lb
..Lb
.No
.No ..Lb
6,742,909 1,699,527
175,913 1,258,535
5,447,884
793,444 256,226 1,704,676 658,828
$ 680,771 238,525 308.563
1,755,397 559,350
1,107,251 45,794
1,003,674 617,075 130,474
1,245,291 545,295
$8,237,460
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ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED
ASBESTOS North American Representatives
CANADA
Albion Asbestos Packings Ltd. 2195 Ekers Ave. Montreal 256, Que.
Canadian Asbestos Ontario Ltd* 286 King Street East Toronto 2, Ont.
MEXICO
ACOSA Apartado Postal 8600 Mexico 1, O.F.
UNITED STATES
BALTIMORE, MD. 21202 Wallace A Gale Co. 115*119 So. Gay St.
BUFFALO, N.Y. 14210 Meyers Chemicals Inc. 290 Larkin St.
CHICAGO, ILL. 60645 Oonald R. Fitzgerald Co. 5875 N. Lincoln Ave.
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45203 C. L. Zimmerman Co. N 203 Cincinnati Union Terminal
CLEVELAND, OHIO 44102 Chem*Materials Co., Inc, 6400 Herman Avenue
DETROIT, MICH. 48219 Gerald J. Fahey 16772 Plainview Road
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76106 Lehman*Phillips, Inc, 2550 Glendale Ave.
HAYWARD, CAL. 94544 Central Solvents A Chemicals Co. 31702Jiffyman St.
KENT, WASH. 98031 Central Solvents & Chemicals Co. 7601 South 190th St.
NEW ORLEANS, LA. 70126 D. F. Condon Co. Box 26012 Chef Menteur Station
SOUTH PLAIN FIELD, NEW JERSEY 07080 Whittaker, Clark A Daniels, Inc., 1000 Coolidge St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19140 Charles A. Wagner Co. Inc. 4455 N. 6th St.
PORTLAND, ORE. 97302 Central Solvents & Chemicals Co. 10821 North Lombard St.
ST. PAUL, MINN. 55114 MacArthur Co. 936 Raymond Ave.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 14110 * Central Solvents & Chemicals Co.
407 Westl7th South St.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CAL. 90670 Central Solvents & Chemicals Co. 13900 Carmenlta Road
SPOKANE, WASH. 9920$ Central Solvents & Chemicals Co. 6308 East Sharp Avenue
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Figures from Statistics Canada
Unmanufactured Asbestos: Crude
Western Europe.............................
Eastern Europe...............................
Middle East ...
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Africa................................................
Asia....................................................
Oceania ............................................
So. & Ccn. America & Antilles
United States...................................
Milled Gp 3
633
116 42 1,429
MARCH 1972
Short Tons
Milled Gp 4&5
Shorts Gp 6-9
12,262 1,685 1,258 90 3,903 1,814 5,729
19,013
9,705 18
196 40 5,729 389 2,712 47,016
2,220
45,754
65,805
The total amount of unmanufactured asbestos exported in March 1972 was 113,779 short tons, valued at $15,041,000.
Manufactured Asbestos Goods:
Brake linings and facings ................?*V............................. $ 41,000
Asbestos-cement building materials ....................................
157,000
Other basic products .............................................................
189,000
$ 387,000
Unmanufactured Asbestos: Crude
Western Europe ................... Eastern Europe ..................... Middle East ........................... Africa....................................... Asia.......................................... Oceania ................................... So. & Ccn. America & Antilles United States .........................
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Milled Gp 3
Milled Gp 4&5
Shorts Gp 6-9
2,723 50
770 07 130 3,515
44,931 9,734 4,968 2,226
21,567 9,784
19,748 52,887
26,918 196
1,210 1,165 31,455 1,809 8,490 117,416
6 7,195 165,845 188,659
The total amount of unmanufactured asbestos exported in January^ March 1972 was 361,705 short tons, valued at $52,569,000.
Manufactured Asbestos Goods:
Brake linings and facings ...................................................... $ 158,000
Asbestos-cement building materials ....................................
530,000
Other basic products .............................................................
590,000
$ 1,278,000
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SUPPLY SO MANY LARGE PIPE MACHINE FELTS?
Because their unique method of heat setting the fibres practically eliminates
any tendency for the felt to fold or crease on the machine.
All Enquiries Welcomed.
THOMAS HARDMAN & SONS LTD
Fernhill Mills, Bury, Lancs. BL9 SBD, England. Tele* 667477 Cables Felts Bury. Tel. 061-764-4825.
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MINERAL FACTS & PROBLEMS, 1970 EDITION
Part 16: Economic Factors/Strategic Considerations
The varieties and grades of asbestos^ that are of greatest strategic importance arc being stockpiled. The national stockpile items are spin ning grade Chrvsotilf and Amosite. Bolivian Blue Crocidolite is no longer considered strategic. The United States is dependent upon for eign sources for 90*93% of its requirements for all grades of asbestos.
Part 17: Environmental Considerations.
Many investigators from various countries have established that inhalation of dust of different chemical and physical types of asbestos results in the development of asbestosis of the lung which, depending upon the type of exposure, may be designated as an occupation, a neighborhood or a household pneumoconiosis. Tltc hazards are recog nized and steps are being taken by industry to filter the air and properly ventilate mines and mills. A. leading asbestos producer insti tuted programs to prevent possible health and safety hazards and to improve the quality of air and water used in manufacturing opera tions. Environmental control activities included the development of a rotary filter system that permits the continual re*usc of industrial pro cess water. The new system which uses diatomite filter aid products reduces water demand and eliminates high-solid-effluent problems.
An epidemiological survey is being carried on throughout the Quebec asbestos industry by the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association as part of a plauned international effort. Fact-finding medical research on the effect of asbestos on human health was centered in the Tlietford Mines and Asbestos districts. Similar surveys are being con ducted in the U.S., Finland, the USSR, Republic of South Africa, Italy and in other countries. Because of the universal use of asbestos and asbestos products, national and international authorities are press ing for careful investigations so that dangers can be identified and controlled. Much has been done to develop effective dust control meth ods and to create better working conditions.
Xo land-use conflict problems seem likely to inhibit the produc tion of asbestos. Virtually all of the deposits are in rugged country far removed from major populated areas. The mining operations are on privately-ou ned or leased lands. Waste rock is hauled to nearby dumps and as the pile builds up, a bulldozer spreads it out. Water sprays allay the dust as the tailings are discharged. The milling of asbestos is generally a do* operation and hooded screens operate under a slight negative pressure for dust control. The King City, Cali fornia, operation of Union Carbide Corporation uses a wet milling ore bcneficintion method.
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Exporters of
""raw asbestos
ALL GRADES--ALL TYPES
C. J. PETROW & COMPANY^1
P. O. BOX 11000 swissco House --7 ftisstK street
JOHANNESBURG . SOUTH AFRICA
OFFICES ALSO IN* TOYKO (JAPAN); GENEVA (SWITZERIAND)
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FOR FRICTION MATERIALS
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The new asbestos mine of Asbestos Corporation Ltd., located on Hudson Strait in the far northern Ungava area of Quebec, is now in production. Following a construction period of two years and an expense of approximately $65 million, the Asbestos Hill project started into the tune-up stage in May and tonnage of ungraded as bestos fiber is now being trucked some 40 miles north to the storage facilities at the deefT&ite at Deception Bay.
The 5000-ton per day mill, situated near the open pit mining op eration, is currently and steadily being worked up to rated capacity. Accumulated production is expected to start moving to Asbestos Corporation's finishing plant at Nordenham, West Germany, when the normal shipping season for ocean freighters opens this month. The finishing plant and related facilities at Nordenham are designed to annually treat 300,000 tons of ungraded material to produce 100,000 tons of finished fiber, mostly of the No. 4 and No. 5 grades, (North ern Miner]
AB1TIBI/BRINCO AGREEMENT APPROVED
Shareholder approval has been obtained, thus closing the agree ment (see May 1972 ASBESTOS] between Abitibi Asbestos Mining Co. and Brinco Ltd. regarding Abitibi's asbestos property in Maizerets Township, some 50 miles north of Amos, in Northwestern Quebec. A feasibility study made by Kilborn Engineering on the "A" prop erty showed that ore reserves amenable to open pit mining are suffi cient to support a 13,000-ton per day processing plant for 25 years. The fiber is a fast-draining, strong, clean, cross-fiber Chrysotilc, in Groups 4, 5 and 6. Other news from Abitibi . . , Dydar Holdings has been engaged as Manager of certain exploration and development pro grams ... In addition to the Maizerets deposit, Abitibi holds adjacent mining claim groups. Testing of favorable geological features on these claims will soon get underway ... An asbestos discovery was made on a property located in McArthur Township, 26 miles south of Timmins, Ontario. Abitibi holds this property under option.
CANADIAN MINES BRANCH PROGRAM
Underway in April was the first phase of a five-year (Canadian) $3.3 million program to devise standardized engineering procedures for designing and supporting the walls of open pit mines or for re ducing the size of open pits. According to a spokesman for the De partment of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, the purjwse of the program is to allow maximum extraction of ore at minimum physical hazard and cost.
Contractors for the project are Asbestos Corporation; Smith and Bray Engineering in association with Sherritt Gordon Mines; Wright Engineers; Golder, Brawuer and Associates; the University of Al berta; Queens* University; and Ecolc Polytechnique de Montreal In addition, sub-contracts have been awarded to engineering firms and universities across Canada. (Mineral Trade News]
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Presses or cutting-presses for high quality sheets? -- Automatic con sistency control of water, asbestos and cement, during production? -- Remem ber, WEHRHAHN represents more than a man's age of experience with refe rences all over the world! Why not contact them? Ask for up-to-date quo tations! Choose WEHRHAHN!
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO
Robert W. Winson, Mine Project Manager, Reeves Mine, Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Timmins, Ontario, September 13.
W. John Scotford, Technical Director, Wunderlich Ltd., Sydney,
N.S.W., Australia, September IS. Chester E. Shrpptrly General Manager, Residential Products Divi
sion, Johns-Manville Corporation, September IS. William L. VanDcrbeek, Vice President, Mining & Canadian Prod
ucts Divisions, Johns-Manville Corporation, Denver, Colorado,
September 15. Jack L. NTeal, President, Metate Asbestos Corporation, Globe, Arizona,
September 16. Charles D. Harless, Vice President-Western Sales, Building Prod
ucts Division, National Gypsum Co., Long Beach, California,
September 17. Albert Strodtbeck, Secretary, The Clark Asbestos Co., Cleveland,
Ohio, September 17. Walter F. Marcuse, President, Canadian Asbestos Co., St. Laurent,
Montreal, Quebec, September 1$: * D. M. Pearson, Vice Chairman, BBA Group Ltd., Cleckheaton, York
shire, England, September 18. Arthur J. Steneri, Foreign Project Manager, Johns-Manville Interna
tional Corporation, September 18. J. D. Christian, Chairman of the Board & President, Cassiar Asbestos
Corporation Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, September 19. W. W. Oughtred, President & Chief Executive Officer, Asbestos Cor
poration Ltd., Thetford Mines, Quebec, September 19, William R. Whitener, Sales Manager, Atlas Asbestos Co., Alhambra,
California, September 20. Philip M. Malouf, President, United Asbestos Corporation Ltd., Mon
treal, Quebec, September 21. John B. Proctor, Vice President-Engineering, National Gypsum Co,
Buffalo, New York, September 21. Victor J. Laskoski, Marketing Manager-Asbestos^ Fibers, Industrial
Products Division, GAF Corporation, New York Citv, Septem
ber 22. Jay P. Nicely, Vice President-Sales, Building Products Division, Na
tional Gypsum Company, Buffalo, New York, September 22. Richard F. Dooley, Vice President, United Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.,
Montreal, Quebec, September 24. Jack B. Stiles, Works Manager, Wunderlich Ltd., Rosehili, N.S.W.,
Australia, September 24. Win Brown, Vice President, MacArthur Co., St. Paul, Minnesota,
September 25. H. Leonard Falle, Vice President-Marketing and a Director, Atlas
Asbestos Co, Montreal, Quebec, September 26. D. W. Jaquays, President, Jaquays Mining Corporation, Phoenix,
Arizona, September 27. Fred C. Phillips, Director of Marketing, Fiber and Textile Division,
Uniroyal, Inc,, Winnsboro, South Carolina, September 28.
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Gold Bond uses the best quality control devices
known to man: people.
Sure we automated our milting equipment. Five floors of it.
But we want to be certain the particular grade of asbestos
you need meets your requirements for uniformity.
So people monitor the automated mills on closed-circuit TV.
And people test each batch.
Our technicians make wet screen analyses to evaluate
length and distribution of fibre...viscosity tests on absorptive
characteristics...measure grit content...whatever it takes to
be sure the asbestos meets your exact specifications. Batch
after batch.
Whatever your asbestos needs, check first with National
Asbestos Mines. Thetford Mines, P.Q.,
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Canada. Or write to National Gypsum Company. Buffalo, New York 14202.
HkMla&MiLi Asttsros
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Sir William C. Fenton, Honorary President, BBA Group Ltd., Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England, September 29.
W. N. Plumb, Chief Geologist, Cassiar Mine, Cassiar Asbestos Cor poration Ltd., Cassiar, British Columbia, September 29.
William K. Murray, Director of Advertising & Public Relations, American Smelting & Refining Co., New York City, September 30.
Harry J. Demare, Plant Manager, Asbestos-Cement Plant, National Gypsum Co., New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1.
Wolf E. LehmaAB* General Manager for Europe, Africa & Middle East, International Division, Johns-Manville Corporation, Octo
ber 1. Richard P. Stout, Director of Research Sr Development, Raybestos-
Manhattan, Inc., Manheim, Pennsylvania, October 2. Donald A. Bain, Sales Manager, Asbestos Erectors of Canada Ltd.,
Montreal, Quebec, October 3. Richard P. Clark, Product Sales Manager, Uniroyal, Inc., Winnsboro,
South Carolina, October 4. W. D. Gaches, President, Johns-Manville Irrigation Corporation,
Manasquan, New Jersey, October 4. John G. Cole, Mine Manager, Advocate Mines Ltd., Baie Verte, New
foundland, October S. Maurice Hartke, Plant Manager;,-Philip Carey Co., Linden, New
Jersey, October 5. P. C. Barr, Managing Director, Hindustan Ferodo Ltd., Ghatkopar,
Bombay, India, October 6. F. A. Cunnington, Vice President-Operations, Asbestos Corporation
Ltd., Thetford Mines, Quebec, October 8. Jack Scheckowitz, Vice President-Advertising & Sales Promotion,
GAF Corporation, New York City, October 8. Edward A. Schuman, Product Manager, Sheets and Cut Gaskets,
Johns-Manville Corporation, October 9. A. H. Adams, Vice President-Engineering, C-E Bauer, Subsidiary of
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Springfield, Ohio, October 10. J. G. Berry, General Manager and a Director, Cassiar Asbestos Cor
poration Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, October 11. A. L. Penhale, Vice Chairman, Asbestos Corporation Ltd., Thetford
Mines, Quebec, October 11. Gordon G. Hazel), Manager, Technical Sales and Field Engineering,
Building Products Division, GAF Corporation, New York City, October 33. Kenneth M. King, Jr., Vice President-Special Services, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Massachusetts, October 14.
PAUL J. SMITH HONOR'D
Committee D-13 on Textile Materials of the American Society for Testing and Materials, at its recent meeting held in New York City, honored Paul J. Smith for his many years as ASTM technical liaison representative to the Committee. Mr. Smith was presented with a plaque, symbolizing his having been selected as an Honorary Member of D-13.
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NOTES FROM 1971 ANNUAL REPORTS
ADVOCATE MINES ITD.
Net income for Advocate Mines Ltd. was $1,824,000 or 174 per common share, after providing for preference dividends of $806,000 earned in 1971. This compares with net income in 1970 of $1.4 million or lltf per common share. Cash from operations was $3,238,000, of which $262,000 was applied for fixed asset additions. The "Bottle Neck Removal Program" was completed in the crushing and drying building and continued emphasis was placed on environmental control in the milling operation. During the year, a computer mining pro gram was successfully developed for the mine. The benefits derived from the program are a reliable mining sequence for both short-term and long-term planning and for the elimination of undue fluctuations in total annual tons moved.
The Advocate plant was one of two of the twelve reporting mines and quarries in Newfoundland to rd^jDt'd the achievement of "no lost time accidents" in 1971.
During the year, 2,573,200 tons of ore, 6,589,000 tons of waste and overburden, and 242,000 tons of road rock were mined. This pro vided a total of 9,404,200 tons, with a waste-to-ore ratio of 2.56:1, against 3.85:1 in 1970. The crushing and drying plant received 2,429,500 tons of ore, with a recovery of 3.12%. The mill operated 335 days and produced 70,614 tons of A-25 fiber and 5,107 tons of A-35 fiber, at a total value of $13,946,000. Shipments exceeded those of
1970 by 10% and included 65,221 tons of A-25 fiber and 4,007 tons of A-35 fiber.
At December 31, 1971, reserves amounted to 57,332,000 tons. Some development drilling was done during the year and additional drilling is planned for 1972.
Canadian Johns-Manvillc Co. Ltd. is Manager of the Advocate Mines operations located at Bale Verte, Newfoundland.
CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION
The most profitable year in the history of Certain-Teed Products Corporation was achieved in 1971, reflecting some fundamental changes that have taken place in the company's direction, in its product mix and in its capabilities. Over the past ten years, Certain-teed has made significant strides toward establishing product lines having a strong technological base with the resulting opportunities for higher profit margins and more sustained and continuous earning power. The pro gram started in 1962 when Certain-teed entered into agreements with Turner & Newall Ltd. to acquire its U.S. interests in asbestos-cement pij>c. Certain-teed is now the second largest U.S. producer in this field. The firm is also the second largest U.S. producer of glass fiber insulation products and the largest producer of PVC piping products.
A major effort was launched in 1971 to strengthen the company's reputation as a leading producer of asbcstos-ccmcnt and PVC pipe
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SELL ASBESTOS MIKES LTD.
F. Parker Smith was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board, having retired as President effective July 1st. Marcel Dorais, for merly Executive Vice President, was appointed President and General Manager.
CERTAIN-TEED PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Theodore F. Merkel, Comptroller, announced the appointment of Leonard J. LeBIanc as Director of Financial Analysis and Audit ing, a position previously held by Barry C. Burkholder who was recently promoted to Assistant Vice President and Special Assis tant to E. A. Diefenbach, Vice President of Finance. .. , Douglas J. Murray has joined Certain-teed as Assistant to Senior Vice President Byron C. Radaker. Mr. Murray had previously been President of Navadic Sciences, Inc., a minority-owned subsidiary. . . . David A. TCerley was named Sales Manager of K.O.B. Car pets, a wholly-owned .subsidiary, it was announced by K.O.B. President, Robert O'Brien.
RAYBESTOS.MANHATTAN, INC.
Robert M. Gordon, President of R/MV subsidiary. The Milford Rivet & Machine Company, was elected to the Board of Direc tors. it was announced by William S. Simpson, R/M Chairman of the Board and President. . . . Philip G. Dolan, Director of Marketing Services, announced the appointment of Lee R. Hossler to the new post oi Advertising Collateral Manager, Mr. Moss ier joined the company in 1957.
SPROUT, WALDRON & CO., INC.
L. L. Murray, Vice President of Sales and Engineering, an nounced the appointment of six new sales representatives in con junction with a major realignment of several of the company's U.S. sales territories. The new sales representatives include Rob ert E. Manchester, Karl E. Mannschreck, James M. Rogers, Lionell Stephens, Richard L. Stewart and Denny M. West. . . . The following three veteran employees were transferred to new as signments within the firm: Erskin Good, Manager of the ware housing facilities at St. Joseph. Missouri: Charles W. Johnson, Administrative Assistant at the St. Joseph Branch of the Con tracts and Systems Division: and Richard N. James, Service Rep resentative for the Midwest area.
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That's us.The Flintkote Company. We recommend it to you too. After all, we use Flintkote asbestos in many Flintkote products. Like floor tile; roofing shingles; felts and building papers; industrial coatings; and pipe.
Flintkote asbestos makes lots of things better. Perhaps your products. Asbestos is inert, fireproof, non-oxidizing, mois ture-proof, bug-proof. And inexpensive. Flintkote can meet and control production to exacting specifications.
Flintkote offers you the finest in a wide variety of Chrysotile Asbestos Fibers and the know-how to help you choose the best for your purpose. Call on Flintkote now for fast service.
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ASBESTOS STOCK QUOTATIONS
CLOSE--JULY 18. 1972
Abitibi Asbestos..............*$2.55 Advocate Mines ......... ...*$1.65 Allied Mining ........... *$3.20
Asarco .................... Armstrong Cork .............34ft Armst Cork (pfd 3.75) ...55% Asbestos Corporation ..*$21.25 Bendlx ..................................46ft
Bendix (pfd 3) .................. 71# Carlisle .................................21# Cassiar Asbestos............ *$16.00 Cerro Corporation.............. 12# Certain-teed Products ... .49#
C-teed (when issued)............ 25
Conwest..............................*$6.75
Flinkote ................................25$$
F-kote (pfd-A 4.50)...........77%
F-kote (pfd-B 2.25)
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Freeport Minerals ...............18%
GAF Corporation.............. 22#
GAF (pfd 1.20) ................ 28#
Garlock................................. 19#
Grace ..................................25#
Gulf & Western.................. 34#
G&NV (pfd 3.50) .............. 143#
G&W (pfd 3.87)................ 68%
G&W (pfd 5.75) ................ 69#
Illinois Central........................31
III Central (pfd 3.S0) .,..55#
Johns-Manville .................... 31#
Kennecott Copper......... ...21#
Maremont .....................
31
McAdam Mining .......... *$50.00 National Gypsum................ 17#
Natl Gypsum (pfd 4.50) ....70
Pathfinder.......................... *$1.21
Porter (pfd 5.50) ............ 82%
Raybestos-Manhattan .........27#
ftio'Algom ......................*$20.25
Royal Industries ................ 12#
Unarco ..................................14#
Union Carbide ....................45#
Uniroval ....................................16
Uniroval (pfd 8) .................. 103
United Asbestos............... .4
Canadian Currency (Sources: The Wall Sheet Journal & The Northern Miner)
ASTM STANDARDS
C 421 71--Test for Mechanical Stability of Preformed Thermal Insulation by Tumbling. [Revision of Standard; Approved De cember 22, 1971; Reference Part 14, 1972; $1.25)
C 447 71--Determining Maximum Use Temperature of Preformed High-Temperature Insulation. (Revision of Standard; Approved December 22, 1971; Reference Part 14, 1972; $1.25J
C 500 72--Testing Asbestos-Cement Pipe. [Revision of Standard; published February 1972; Reference Part 12, 1972; $1.25)
D 8 71--Definitions of Terms Relating to Materials for Roads and Pavements. [Revision of Standard; Approved November 22, 2971; Reference Parts 10 & 31, 1972; $1.25)
F 146 72--Test for Fluid Resistance of Gasket Materials. [New Standard; Published March 1972; Reference Part 28, 1972; $1.25)
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We furnish machinery for the manufac ture of plain and corrugated asbestoscement sheets and projects of plants.
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CHRYSOTILE FIBRE GROUPS 4 through 7
P.O. BOX 127. COPPEROPOLIS, CALIFORNIA 95228
Telephone: 209--785-2201
Telex: 359-458
Cable Address: Chrysotile
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NEW ASBESTOS PATENTS
U.S. patents may be purchased from The Commissioner of Potent*. Wash' ingfen, D.C, 20231, at a cost of 50c each. Photoprints of non'U.S. patents may be purchased from the same source at a cost of 30c per page. Remittance should be in coin, currency or check and the number of the patent, name of thtf^nventor end date of issue should be shown.
British 1,263,812--A composition for forming polymeric sheets that may be thermoformed or cold-pressed consists of bleached sulfate wood pulp, acylonitrile butadicne-styrcnc powder and latex, and highpurity Chrysotile asbestos as a precipitant, and optionally a foaming agent; P. L. Gibson & B, Radvan, assigned to Wiggins Tape Re search & Development, February 16, 1972; 8 pages.
British 1,266,054--Slabs for insulating steel ingots are formed from a mixture comprising preferably about 42% by weight of silica flour, 21% of silica sand, 20% of sodium carbonate, 10% of dry powdered sodium silicate, 6% of waste paper and J% of Amosite asbestos fiber; A. McDonnell; assigned to Foscco Trading AG, March 8, 1972; 3 pages.
U.S. 2,644,128--The filtration property of asbestos is improved by spraying the fibers with a solution of aluminum sulfate and then passing the coated fibers under drying lamps to evaporate the water and leave aluminum sulfate-coated do' fibers; C. E. Stiefken; assigned to American Smelting and Refining Co., February 22, 1972; 5 pages.
US. 3,647,722--h\ the production of friction elements, at least 70% by weight of asbestos is mixed with up to 30% of friction modifiers, the solids slurried in a solvent and a phenolic resin-type varnish, the solvent cvnf>orntcd and the resin heat-cured; C. E. Albertson & H. S. Okubo; March 7, 1972; 5 pages.
US. 3,647,744--A brake lining composition having good resistance to
wear is obtained by adding to the usual batch of asbestos and a resin preferably about 7% by weight of sodium fluoride instead of the usual cryolite; \V. L. Rich & M. H. Weintraub; assigned to Ford Motor Co., March 17, 1972 ; 3 pages.
U.S. 3,650,8S6--In the preparation of a colloidal suspension for use as a thickener or in water-base paints, an aqueous slurry of Chryso tile asbestos and hydrogen hcctoritc is subjected to high-speed shear ing until the bulk of the fiber is of colloidal size; A. Torok; assigned to Yara Engineering Corporation, March 21, 1972; 5 pages.
U.S. 3,652^82--In the production of an asbestos product of high surface area, Chrysotile is defiberized in the presence of a dilute mineral acid, the freed fibrils further treated with an acid to form a layer of silica on the fibrils, the silica dissolved with an alkali and the fibrils washed to remove excess alkali; A. B. Gancy; assigned to FMC Corporation, March 28, 1972; 3 pages.
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Producers of Soft, Low Iron, White Chrysotile Crudes and Filter Fibre
MINES AND MILL IN GILA COUNTY
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Thermal Insulation Association of Canada--10th Annual Meeting (held in conjunction with the World Conference of Thermal and Acoustical Insulation); Brussels, Belgium, September 10-13.
Asbestos Textile Institute-General Meeting; Seaview Country Club, Absecon, New Jersey; September 18-20.
Noise in Manufaetflftng Plants Seminar--presented by L. N. Miller of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.; September 18-20 in De troit, Michigan; October 2-4 in Kansas City', Missouri; and October 16-18 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Managing the Industrial Engineering Function Workshop--Uni versity of Wisconsin-Extension, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September
19-20.
IEEE-TAP Environmental Conference--National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland; September 20-22.
The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy--General Meeting;
Lecture Theatre of The Chemical Society, London, England; Sep
tember 21.
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National Environmental Information Symposium--sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency; National Environmental Re search Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; September 24-27.
ASTM Committee D-30 on High Modulus Fibers and Their Com posites--Holiday Inn, Palm Beach, Florida; September 25-28.
International Building and Construction Exhibition--sponsored by the Irish Construction Industry Federation; Dublin, Ireland; Octo ber 3-7.
Inter-Noise 72--the first International Noise Control Engineering Conference and Equipment Exposition; Shorcham Hotel, Washing
ton, D.C.; October 4-6.
Eastern Atlantic States Insulation Contractors Association--Fall Meeting; Tamiment Resort and Country Club, Tamimcnt (Pocono Mts.), Pennsylvania; October 5-6.
Midwest Insulation Contractors Association--Fall Meeting; Hilton Hotel, Omaha, Nebraska; October 5-6.
Instrument Society of America--27th Annual Conference; Coli seum, New York City; October 9-12.
ASTM Committee F-3 on Gaskets--Sheraton-Boslon Hotel, Bos ton, Massachusetts; October 12-13.
ASTM Committee C-16 on Thermal and Cryogenic Insulating Materials--Holiday Inn, Ottawa, Canada; October 15-18.
ASTM Committee C-20 on Acoustical Materials--Playboy Tow ers, Chicago, Illinois; October 16-18.
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The Greeks didn't have a word for it.
The ancient Greeks called asbestos `unquenchable'. Not, perh_aps, the most apt of descriptions. `Incomparable' might have been better.
Strangely enough, they don't seem to have had a single all-embracing word for `one of the leading producers of asbestos textiles in the world who know their subject inside out and who are ready at the drop of a hint to advise on any aspect of asbestos in any of its many applications'.
But we have. Say `Scandura' and you've said it all.
Scandura
w Scandura Limited, P.O. Box 19,
Cleckheaton, BD19 3UL, Yorkshire, England. Telephone Cleckheaton 5711; Telex 51106.
A memberofthe BBA Group (
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(August 1922 ASBESTOS)
New Advertisers:
}AW Coast Asbestos Co. The Cam Brea Asbestos Syndicate
The lead article in this issue described, in great detail, the many uses of various forms of asbestos in the electrical insula* tion of motors and generators.
Figjres cn the use of eutomcbi'es in Japan indicated imports of motorcars had increased from 30 in I9J5 to 1074 in 1921.
It was announced that Oliver Bowies. Mineral Technologist with the U.$. Bureau cf Mines, was herored wirr, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by George* Washington University. (Many cf our present readers wih reccg-::e the late Dr. Bov.-les as our Government's cu^arding e>perr cn asbestos for ma-y years.)
A delayed report from the Department cf the Interior indlcated production of asbestos in ti'-e U.S. for !920 of 1245 short tons cf Chrysoti'e and -03 ton; cf Amphlbole. Of the Chryscti'e, 1200 tons were produced in Arirone.
The Ccoe Asbestos Cf^cany recoded esr.-.iocs after 1aos of 217.396 for the ; car (921.
A'-.co-cc-r.cnt v.-=; ~-;ee c" :'--o be;-- o' J. D. S-arce, Ida-res-''. Asbestos Ccet,"a''c~ c: C s -ofc: Tbciforo :/:-cs. P.Q.
I; vros reported that T. F. Ms*vide, P'osber' of tfe H. W. Johns-Ma-.vi'.'e Company. Tooesher v.i:1- v.en-y-n:-e -.seo-bers of his staff traveled by special ?u"man Car to Vitr.y Ridge sr.d ih.erce to Tr.etford Mines cn a tour of she asbestos mines in these areas.
Maple Leaf Asbestos Corporation Lid. announced the opening cf a U.S. Gs'C'c1 Sales Of'lce in New Vclc City.
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