Asbestos-filled phenolic molding compounds were used in electrical panels, switchgear components, and industrial molded parts from the 1930s through the 1980s. Workers at molding operations — tumbling, deflashing, and machining finished parts — sustained some of the heaviest documented exposures of any manufacturing trade.
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HPM (Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co.) injection molding presses were a major American plastic and phenolic-molding machine line …
McGraw-Edison Company manufactured Toastmaster-brand consumer appliances — toasters, toaster-oven-broilers, electric heating …
Reed-Prentice injection molding machines, manufactured by the Reed-Prentice Division of Package Machinery Company, were among the …
Stokes Machinery Company built the dominant compression, transfer, and closure presses used in U.S. phenolic molding plants from …
Watson Stillman hydraulic injection molding presses were a major U.S. plastic-molding machine line of the 1940s-1970s era, with …
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