Inside older ceramic fuse holders often is a piece of woven asbestos. This was for insulation and to stop arcing. They often fall out when fuses are replaced and can often be found lying at the bottom of electrical cabinets. Woven segments of asbestos inside two...
In this blog we will look at asbestos in lab ovens & kilns. Asbestos can be found in these devices in a number places in their construction. The door seal, the cabinet seal, as part or all of the casing, as internal insulation and even as wiring insulation...
Following on from recent work on investigating Asbestos in laboratory equipment. This is the first in a series of blogs on that topic. In this blog we will look at asbestos insulated retort stand clamps. Not a big item but when you look at them and their usage you...
Power station: Looking out over some of the myriad of pipes many of which are asbestos lagged. Older power stations have asbestos lagging to their steam lines, turbines, generators and the kilometres of pipework to be found in one of these stations. This can be...
The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Department has created two new websites dedicated to electricians and plumbers to provide them with asbestos related information. These two trades have been found to be at the highest risk of being exposed to asbestos and...
