Chrysotile asbestos provided the heat resistance and durability required in automotive and industrial brake linings, clutch facings, and friction materials. Mechanics performing brake jobs — grinding, drilling, and blowing out brake dust — were exposed for decades before chrysotile’s carcinogenicity was fully acknowledged.
113 products ·19 manufacturers
Bendix Military Aircraft Brake Lining Friction is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing …
Bendix Military Brake Lining is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a …
Bendix Military Brake Linings is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a …
Bfg Aerospace Brake Shoe is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a friction …
Bfg Aerospace Commercial Aircraft Brake Shoe Friction is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly …
Burlington Northern Railroad has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged …
Chicago North Western Railway has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged …
Frisco Railroad has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged exposure at its …
Ih Farmall M Brake Linings is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a friction …
Ih Td 20 Crawler Brake Bands is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a …
Missouri Pacific Railroad has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged exposure …
Norfolk Southern Railway has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged exposure at …
Pennsylvania Railroad Conrail has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged …
Santa Fe Railroad has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged exposure at its …
Symington Gould Freight Car Truck Brake Components is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly …
Symington Gould Freight Truck is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a …
Union Pacific Railroad has been named as a premises defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation for alleged exposure at …
Wabco Freight Car Brake Shoe is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a …
Wabco Locomotive Brake Shoe is documented in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation as allegedly containing asbestos — a friction …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Abex Cobra and high-friction composition locomotive brake shoes as a chrysotile-asbestos exposure …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric drive belts and friction facings on Allis-Chalmers flour mill drives, according to publicly filed …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake bands and clutch friction supplied in Allis-Chalmers WD-45 tractors, according to publicly …
Plaintiffs have allegedly identified B.F. Goodrich Aerospace aircraft brake linings as a chrysotile-containing friction product in …
Plaintiffs allege B.F. Goodrich Aerospace supplied commercial aircraft wheel-and-brake shoes containing chrysotile asbestos in …
Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Bendix Aviation aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies as a chrysotile-containing friction …
Plaintiffs allege Bendix Aviation Corporation (Honeywell heritage) manufactured WWII-era through 1980s military and civilian …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Bendix heavy-truck brake linings as a source of chrysotile-asbestos exposure among diesel and …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric belts and friction on Bliss Industries hammer mills, according to publicly filed asbestos litigation …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Borg-Warner heavy-truck synchronizer rings with asbestos friction cones as a source of chrysotile …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake band linings on Bucyrus International walking draglines, according to publicly filed asbestos …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Bucyrus-Erie walking …
Allegedly asbestos-reinforced drive belts on Bühler roller mills serving flour mills, according to publicly filed asbestos …
Allegedly asbestos friction clutch facings on CPM pellet mill drives at commercial feed mills, according to publicly filed …
Allegedly asbestos-containing fabric drive belts and clutch/brake friction components used on Case IH self-propelled combine …
The Caterpillar D8 crawler bulldozer allegedly used asbestos-containing brake bands and steering-clutch friction material in its …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Delco-Moraine drum-brake shoe linings as an OEM chrysotile-asbestos exposure source among GM …
Denver Equipment flotation cells allegedly used woven asbestos fabric drive belts on impeller assemblies at hard-rock …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Dover Elevator hoist-machine …
Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Draper Corporation power loom brake shoes and clutch friction discs as an asbestos-containing …
Plaintiffs allege Dunlop Aircraft Brakes of Coventry, U.K. supplied military and commercial aircraft brake linings containing …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric brake linings on Eimco rocker-shovel underground mucking machines, according to publicly filed asbestos …
Allegedly asbestos brake bands on Emsco and Continental Emsco drawworks exposed drillers and rig mechanics during brake …
Euclid R-series off-highway mining haul trucks (under Euclid, GM, and later Terex ownership) allegedly used asbestos-containing …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake linings and clutch friction in Ford 8N tractors, according to publicly filed asbestos …
Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Goodyear Aerospace aircraft brake linings as a chrysotile-containing friction product in …
The Grove RT-58 rough-terrain hydraulic crane allegedly incorporated asbestos-containing brake bands on the hoist drums and …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified International Harvester farm-tractor brake linings as a chrysotile-asbestos exposure source among …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake linings supplied in International Harvester Farmall M tractors, according to publicly filed …
The International Harvester TD-20 crawler tractor allegedly incorporated asbestos-containing brake bands and clutch friction …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric drive belts and friction-clutch facings on Jeffrey coal cutting machines, according to publicly filed …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake bands and clutch friction discs supplied in John Deere 4020 row-crop tractors, according to …
The John Deere JD-550 crawler dozer allegedly incorporated asbestos-containing brake bands and steering-clutch linings, according …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Joy Manufacturing continuous …
The Komatsu D75 bulldozer allegedly incorporated asbestos-containing brake linings and steering-clutch friction discs, according …
Krupp Fordertechnik iron-ore conveyor systems allegedly used woven asbestos fabric belt cleaners and brake components at taconite …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric drive belts and brake bands on Link-Belt bucket elevators, according to publicly filed asbestos …
Manitowoc lattice-boom crawler cranes (3900/4100 series) allegedly incorporated asbestos-containing woven brake bands and clutch …
Otis marine-grade hydraulic elevators allegedly used asbestos fabric brake linings on hoist-motor brakes, asbestos-sheet gaskets, …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake blocks on Marion stripping shovels and draglines used in surface coal mining, according to …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake bands and clutch friction supplied in Massey Ferguson MF 135 utility tractors, according to …
Metso Minerals (Nordberg/Lokomo lineage) jaw crushers allegedly used woven asbestos fabric drive belts and clutch facings at …
Allegedly asbestos-containing fabric drive belts and slip-clutch friction on New Holland self-propelled forage harvesters, …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that New York Air Brake …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified New York Air Brake composition passenger car brake shoes as an asbestos-containing friction …
Nordberg cone crushers allegedly used woven asbestos fabric drive belts and clutch facings at hard-rock mines and aggregate …
Allegedly asbestos-containing brake linings and clutch friction on Oliver 77 and 88 series tractors, according to publicly filed …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Otis Elevator hoist-machine …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that P&H Mining Equipment …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that P&H (Harnischfeger) overhead …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Raybestos-Manhattan heavy-equipment clutch facings as an asbestos-exposure source among …
Allegedly asbestos-fabric drive belts on Sprout-Waldron hammer mills at commercial feed mills, according to publicly filed …
Symington-Gould freight-car truck brake shoes allegedly contained chrysotile asbestos in a phenolic-resin binder, per publicly …
The Terex TR-70 off-highway mining haul truck allegedly used asbestos-containing brake blocks and drum linings on its service and …
WABCO composition freight-car brake shoes allegedly contained chrysotile asbestos fiber in phenolic resin binder, per publicly …
Plaintiffs allegedly identified Westinghouse Air Brake (WABCO) composition locomotive brake shoes as an asbestos-containing …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Westinghouse Elevator …
Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Whitin Machine Works textile loom brake linings, card-room roll wrapping, and packed bearing …
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Whiting Corporation …
Autocar Trucks and Diamond REO — the historic heavy-truck brands consolidated through the mid-20th century by White Motor …
Black & Decker, Porter-Cable, and DeWalt manufactured portable electric power tools used across U.S. construction, industrial, and …
Chrysler Corporation allegedly installed OEM asbestos brake linings and clutch facings on Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, and Jeep …
Clark Equipment Company, Hyster Company, and Yale Materials Handling Corporation manufactured forklifts and industrial trucks used …
Ford Motor Company allegedly installed OEM asbestos brake linings and clutch facings on Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles …
Ford Motorcraft, Chrysler Mopar, and GM AC Delco allegedly sold asbestos-containing OEM-branded aftermarket brake linings and …
Freightliner Corporation, the Portland OR heavy-duty Class 8 truck manufacturer founded 1942, allegedly built trucks equipped with …
General Motors allegedly installed OEM asbestos brake linings and clutch facings on all GM-brand vehicles (Chevrolet, Buick, …
Kenworth Truck Company (and its parent PACCAR Inc., which also owns Peterbilt Motors), the Seattle WA-founded heavy-duty Class 8 …
Wagner Electric, Thermoid Rubber, and Molded Brake Products allegedly manufactured asbestos-containing aftermarket brake linings …
American Locomotive Company (ALCO, Schenectady NY) was a major U.S. manufacturer of steam and diesel-electric locomotives. …
Baldwin Locomotive Works (Philadelphia, PA — later Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, exited locomotive business 1956) was the historic U.S. …
Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD — historically the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) was the dominant U.S. diesel-electric …
New York Air Brake Company (Watertown, NY) was the principal U.S. competitor to Westinghouse Air Brake. Plaintiffs allege NYAB …
Turner & Newall (T&N, Manchester UK) was the dominant historic British asbestos manufacturer with significant U.S. distribution. …
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) of Wilmerding, PA invented the railroad air brake and supplied air-brake equipment, brake …
Burns International Service was the corporate successor to Borg-Warner Friction Products — manufacturer of asbestos-bearing …
Maremont Corporation manufactured Grizzly-brand asbestos-bearing automotive brake friction materials and clutch facings widely …
"FZ" Brake Linings was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
3M brake pads and friction materials (Volz / 3M brand) was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Abex industrial friction materials was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Abex railroad and automotive brake linings was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
American Brake Shoe locomotive brake shoes (chrysotile asbestos) was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American …
Asbestos woven brake tape was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Bendix brake linings was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Clutch facings with chrysotile was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Duralite brake blocks was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Ferodo Bonded Asbestos Brake Lining 37 was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
H. K. Porter Company was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Metalix brake shoes was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Raybestos brake linings was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Raybestos Brake Pads was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
Thermoid asbestos brake linings and friction materials was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
W-6 was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.'
Wagner Brakes -DO NOT USE was an asbestos-containing product used throughout American industry.
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