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JOPLIH ,, F2D2RS 4 K2SESUZS DIVISION HAT 17, 1965 casrassmt. C.G* Morgan Cincinnati - Fibers & Minerals BSt Continuation of Keabership In Rational Insulation Manufacturers Association (KXKA) Baar 3ervy* In view of tha fact that 1 an not av&ro of the direction that your sales efforts Kill be taking In future months, It Is bird to give some sort of projection for our continuation of sssnborshlp In K2MA* So, Instead of trying to foretell tha future, It cay be helpful to enlarge upon my recant past experience with the Research & Technical Ccesdttee* Tha Research 4 Technical Corcdttea of N2MA Is a product of the American characteristic for having seasons else do an essential job, but one \ftich x one particular person wants to undertake* Since 1952, the various Government agencies have given up every effort on their part to write specifications covering the characteristics of the insulation used in governaeat support projects baaed upon their own test results* Zn contrast to an earlier day, tho Bureau of Standards Is not active, nor is the Kaval Engineering Sxpsricant Station at Annapolis. In spite of this leek of their cun testing facilities. Government policy dictates that specifications should be written* To fill this void, the Government specification writers are completely dependent upon Industry to supply them with general information and even in sose eases to provide the information for important policy decisions. In order to prevent the charge of collusion, Govenront specification writers try to -avoid contact *dth only -a few .companies foster efforts through trade associations* As a result of this expressed government policy, MIMA has becons the spokesman for the insulation industry. All Military Specifications, Federal Specifications, Coast Guard Specifications, Guide Specifications for the Application of Insulations in the Havy, Bureau of Tarda and Bocks, General Service Adcdnistratlco 4 Maritime Commission are reviewed by the T 4 R Cosalttee of SIMA and in some cases these specifications are actually written in the T 1 R Committee meetings* This sans clrcusstance has developed In the mechanics of operation for Ccasittae C-l6# ASIK. Sines ASTK Is a voluntary organisation with paid hslp on the Cosedties level, tha work is carried on at the initiative of the Individual neabers. Some of the large cor^aidas could afford this sort of work, but the smaller companies with Halted staff and representation cannot afford to do so. As a result, most specifications and test procedures are now being written by the various trade associations such as HIKA, the Insulation Board Institute, the Voradeulito Association, the Perlite Institute, and the Rational Mineral Wool Association* For all practical purposes, the censusrs and the general interest members ccntributa nothing except to act as a "brake" to prevent domination of ASTK by a given manufacturer* WV-03565 - C.O* Kargin -2* Kay 1?, 1965 * THia sons pattern is repeated in tbs rgnniaaticsi of tbs American Society of Boating, ReftttseratSag and Air Conditioning Engineers, (ASHHA2) vbo publish the Quids and Data Book. the tuo reference boohs that are kept current at all tines* The cbapbors In tbs Quids nd Pata Book. eovering insulation properties and tbs application of insraiatkcn, thscsreti^tUy are written by members of ASHHAEj but in actual practice, the sources for their information cone frees PIKA and other. Industry associations* Probably the most successful activity of PIKA has been this continuous, technically oriented contact of the association secretary with those people involved in the above activities. Individual companies outside the association have a small voice if they are in opposition to tho stand of K2HA. though ccsapanldB vithia the association do take Individual stands at tines and can be beard by the above referred to organisations. It has boon argued in the pact, within the Fibers 4 Kinerala Division, that the amount of sales to Ooversaant agencies is quite email end does not justify an attest to Influence their pur&aees throng interest in Gcverasent pacification3% The Influence of Government opacifications are vsy beyond tho purchasing policies of the agencies. KtHfary specifications ani Federal Specifications influence oasicaa* specifications of general Infastgy. This is particularly trus of tbs Federal Specifications. Tbs larger engineering firms doing Government work bacons to believe that application specifications suitable for govemaant work cay have value fra* their cun needs. In the late thirties anl during the war years, Ch#bos-Coming concentrated upon obtaining Goveraaaat approve! for FiberglaB, a new material at that time. The trade introduction of calcium silicate block and pipe covering vas greatly aided b7 the goverocest specification work done by the manufacturers of Xaylo. We, ourselves, are trying to folio* this ease path in a codes! way with the effort being maos in coanecticc with Superglas #1800 Board. The above describes in general terms the position of KIKA within the insulation industry. Specific examples of 2a~Lc-Picher* a relationship to . DXKA's Technical & Hosearch Ccasattea sny be of interest. Ifr via* of 2&gla-Pich3r*s participation is almost entirely a defensive one. If vs vere outside the association, uo would have a vary email voice; but within tlie aswociatlns and la conjunction with ay activity in ASIK, Z believe that i& Jase- the -atrangfest pcyrttim^.^.hln^for lhQ nancy apart,. During the last year, several instances cone to minis 1 An attempt was made to change the definition of "mineral fiber" to include asbestos fiber. This change in definition was a proposal for an AST& specification* If It had been accepted, we would now be farced to esnpete with asbestos based products for those applications calling for Oas-ote Cement. Through a simple change in an A5TH definition, the coverage of KZLX~2p03Af Cement, Finishing to iSiS' a coaert that is based primarily upon asbestos fibers instead of the current intention to restrict this spacificaUcn to those of the Gne-Cot* Cement type (Ccepotitioa freet a new source we do not need*) So far, this move has been defeated in the meetings of H1KA and never roadbed the meetings of ASTH. 2* The eUatnatlon of materials such as Sapor *66" and Ons-^ote Cesant for application to pipe fittings, and the use of prefabricated fittings cade froa pips covering instead, was made la the General Services Administration, "Standard Spcdilcatlons for Therm! Insolations of Piping, Pacts end Related Equipment** Because X did not attend every T & R Ccmlttoe neetiag in lp64, the K25A took a stand for the elimination of esasnfcs. Upon receipt of a KIRA letter outlining the KBU stand to OSA, X voiced a protect in a letter, dated June 25, to HXK& and GSA* Xa September of 1964, the KIKA position was reversed; and OSA accepted the revised stand so that insulating cosssnts can still be used \&ere they always have been used* 3* Work throng KIKA has extended the ASIH Sp&gjflcatiqn C~3?2, Mineral Fibar Block or Board Ifcaraai Xnmrt atioaf for Elevated Temperatures to include our KT-Boards* At the present tins, tHn AST?? specification Is the only specification covering this type of product* 4. for a long time, the definition "mineral fiber* has included alt products Bade fres "rock, slag, or glass"* In a recent ASHRAB proposal for a table in the 19 Quids, a distinction between "glass* fibers and those made from "rock or slag" was to be made* Free a thermal parforsaned point of view, the matter being covered in the ASHRAE table has no different; therefore, this distinction should not be node aad the effort was defeated* A good example of the power of KIKA can be found in the conspicuous lack of success that PhiliplCarey has experienced in obtaining Military, Federal, or ASE4 Specifications that apply to Careytemp block end pipe covering* Though these products have boss on the market fa*better than five years, the first specification for the above baa still to be written* Fhilip-Carey is not a amber of KIKA* Oms excuse generally used by the Government specification writers and also voiced in AS3M councils is that Careyteap is the only product of its kind, that it Is the only one based upon expanded silica or perlite* Government specification writers and ASTH officials say that a specification should not be written for a product mde by only one manufacturer* This official stand earshot be accepted, as Foaagl&ss and Ohabestos is mde by only one manufacturer; yet each is covered 5a Killian 'Federal, anSHSTH specifications, and their unique position is not even considered* On tba other hand, Pittsburgb4k>ring baa been a Boat active amber of HBU since ths tise of Its formation; and Onion Asbestos A Rubber Company, the former manufacturer of Onabsstos, was active in industry groups for a long time* One hates to pay "protection" money, bat I do not see how we can contain our position bj taking an independent course* FIL/lp cci J*V* Hudson H*l* Ruslster