CRANE Catalog 53 Valves Cranite Packing ASBESTOS 1952 Start Price USD 195.00 Current Price USD 195.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 31, 2008 Location Washington State See more about 'CRANE Catalog 53 Valves Cranite Packing ASBESTOS 1952' Description Crane Company Catalog # 53Copyright 1952Valves, Fittings, Pipe, Fabricated PipingCrane Co, 836 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 5, IllinoisHardcover, 580 pages, about 10.75" x 8"Includes pictures of the plant and several pages of pictures from inside the plant, showing men working in engineering, development, foundry, forge, fabrication, machining and assembling, and inspection and testing.Have a comprehensive alphabetical index and also a numerical index so that's it's easy to look up a product either way.ASBESTOS products include:Cranite Sheet Packing, which is described of being made out of asbestos.Composition Discs, No 1 Cranite Discs, No. 4 Cranite Discs, both are described as containing asbestos.2 pages of Johns-Manville Insulating Materials, including Asbestocel, 85% Magnesia, Asbestos Sheet Millboard, Asbestocel Blocks, 85% Magnesia Blocks, and the Johns Manville finishing cements no. 302 and no. 352 which both contain asbestos.  Also, 85% Magnesia insulating cement is described. There is a page on Ric-wil Insulated Piping Systems for Steam, Hot Water, Oil, or Refrigerated Process Liquids, which features the following products:Prefabricated Manholes are described as being asbestos bonded.Utility-Type Conduit is described as "Made of Armco corrugated ingot iron, galvanized and asbestos-bonded."Foilclad Overhead Lines... "A wrapping of asbestos felt and a final wrapping of copper or aluminum foil provide added protection."There are many VALVES featured in this book, and each type of valve usually has a picture and often a one-page description, which (when applicable) describes the service recommendations, construction, materials, stuffing box, repacking, bonnets, interchangeability, etc.  I haven't read all of the descriptions, but some of them may reference asbestos or cranite, such as on the description for 300-pound Bronze Gate Valves, which says, "...equipped with steel studs, brass nuts, and a Cranite gasket..." CONDITION: Generally good. Soiling to book edges, but aside from a few marks, the pages are all clean. Name to first page. Binding good. Sorry, we can NOT ship to ITALY, Africa, South America, Central America, the Middle East.We've experienced too many postal problems. Thank you for understanding. Our Guarantee We guarantee ACCURATE CONDITION on all items. Why Buy From Orange_Caterpillar? 1. Fast! Your item will leave our warehouse within 1 business day of your cleared payment. 2. What you see is what you get. 3. Careful packaging. We use cardboard, boxes, and bubble wrap. 4. Great Deals. And, we offer low combined shipping rates. 5. Honest, reliable service, as reflected in our feedback. The more you buy, the more you save on shipping! U.S. shipping cost is only $5.99 on combined purchases of media. Please pay for combined purchases together. Just look around our store for more great items! Thanks! Place a Bid!