| 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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Full Size
Full Size
Full Size
Full Size
Full Size
