Asbestos Cloth

Description

Asbestos Cloth

Asbestos cloth woven from Asbestos yarns possesses excellent fire resistant, rot and vermin proof qualities.

Therefore it is used in a number of diversified applications. Asbestos cloths are available in a variety of styles,
textures, thicknesses and weights to suit these applications.

THERMAL INSULATION — For use on boilers, pipelines and ancillary equipment, in power plants, factories,
buildings and Marine Vessels.

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND FIRE PROTECTION — For the manufacture of fire-resistant gloves, suits and
other clothing for fire fighting; also for heat-resistant gloves, aprons, etc. for use in glass works, foundries,
chemical works, welding shops, plastic moulding shops, etc. For use as safety-curtains in theatres, ships and
aircraft and wherever a fire barrier is required.

For the manufacture of fire blankets for use in ships, schools,
institutions, cinema projection rooms, kitchens, garages etc., and wherever there may be a need for clean and
effective means of smothering during small outbreaks of fire.

PACKINGS AND JOINTINGS — Asbestos cloth, when proofed with rubber, is an excellent jointing medium.
It can be folded into tapes and rings, and cut into gaskets for the sealing of pipe flange joints and boiler
joints. It is also lubricated and shaped into proofed asbestos cloth packings.

ELECTROLYSIS — For the diaphragms of electrolytic cells, in Vanaspati units etc.
PLASTICS — As a filler in high-strength, heat-resistant laminates for electrical applications.
FILTRATION — As a filtration medium for various liquids.