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PUMP HANDBOOK

1976 Edition


Edited by Igor J Karassik, William C Krutzsch, & Warren H Fraser, all of Worthington Pump Inc.
and by Joseph P. Messina of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, NJ Institute of Technology

This LARGE Hardcover book has pictures and descriptions of asbestos.

Specific mentions of ASBESTOS:
Photograph and description of John Crane Company Graphited Asbestos
"It is the most common packing material for general service under normal pressures."
(Centrifugal Pump Construction Section, Stuffing Box Packing)

Diagrams of Chevron Packing (Ingersoll-Rand Co), Single-acting piston stuffing box (Continental-Emsco), along with description that says that packing or seal ring is reinforced asbestos.

Braided asbestos packing for the Packing Box in Valves on pages 7-18 and 7-19.

Petroleum Industry Section for Pipeline Pumps, Table 1 - Refinery Process Pump Materials on page 10-95 with asbestos listed as the gasket material.


Plus, there are many contributors from major companies. You will find the complete listing of contributors pictured below.  Some of the companies that the contributors were from, include:
Worthington Pump Inc.
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Standard Pomp-Aldrich Division, Ingersoll-Rand Company
Elliott Company, A Division of Carrier Corp.
Allis Chalmers Corporation
 Electric Machinery Manufacturing Company
General Electric Company
Engineering-American Standard Industrial Division
Reliance Electric Company
Southwest Research Institute
URS/Forrest and Cotton, Inc.
Black & Veatch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Duriron Company Inc.
DeLaval Turbine Inc.
 Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Satra Corporation
The Falk Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
 SOGREAH, Inc.
Worthington (Canada) Ltd.

CONDITION:  Good.  Dustjacket has tears and wear.  Pages are mostly clean and unmarked. Binding is good.  Removable Post-it notes have been used to mark the pages that reference asbestos.
Pump Handbook
1976 Edition
$175