Product description |
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Soft flexible rope usually fitted in the door, lid, and hatch recess to seal the associated enclosure/box.The rope seal becomes quite hard with the age. Can be found in 100A Wilco power outlets, 11kV OCB contactor boxes and other boxes where a heat resistance seal is required. Also used as packing / padding material around pipes.
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Product type |
Textiles |
Sub-Product type |
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Trading name(s) |
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Other name(s) |
Asbestos seal, door seal, asbestos packing rope
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Build element |
Electricity supply, plumbing
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Product identification |
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The rope seal can range in colours from white through grey to brown. Asbestos-containing rope seals are not easily distinguished visually from seals that are asbestos-free and tests have shown out of all known (104) 100A Wilco power outlets 10 per cent were non asbestos.
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Known uses |
Hatch recess sealant, padding and packing
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Asbestos fibre type |
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Friable or Non-Friable |
Friable
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Known Supplier(s) |
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Known place of manufacture |
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Date / period of manufacture |
Pre 1987 |
Building construction period |
1941-1950,1951-1960,1961-1970,1970-1980,1981-1990 |
Location |
Commercial
- Electrical
- Plant
- Plumbing
- Rope
Industrial
- Electrical
- Plant
- Plumbing
- Rope
Plant
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