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Did you work with Anaconda Aluminum cast house asbestos-fabric ingot mold coating and asbestos-block launder-trough lagging? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Anaconda Aluminum cast house asbestos-fabric ingot mold coating and asbestos-block launder-trough lagging, sold from the 1950s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-fabric ingot mold coating and asbestos-block launder-trough lagging on Anaconda Aluminum-supplied cast house equipment. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-fabric coating applied to ingot mold interiors as a release/thermal barrier and asbestos-block lagging along the molten-metal launder troughs running from holding furnace to caster; cast house crane operators, ingot pourers, skimmer men, and millwrights allegedly disturbed these materials during pours, trough repairs, and mold changes. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Cast house crane operators, ingot pourers, and skimmer men, Millwrights and refractory bricklayers on potline rebuilds, Aluminum smelter potroom operators and potmen, and Anode-bake carbon-plant workers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Anaconda Aluminum cast house asbestos-fabric ingot mold coating and asbestos-block launder-trough lagging and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Anaconda Aluminum cast house equipment — used at Anaconda aluminum casting operations — allegedly incorporated asbestos-fabric coating on the interior faces of ingot molds and asbestos-block lagging along the launder troughs that carried molten aluminum from the holding furnace to the casting station.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, the mold-face fabric allegedly acted as a release layer and thermal buffer during ingot pours, and the launder-trough block lagging allegedly retained heat to keep the metal fluid as it traveled to the caster or DC (direct-chill) casting pit. Both applications allegedly fractured, wore, and released fiber during pour cycles, trough patch repairs, and mold changeovers.
Workers Exposed
- Cast house crane operators, ingot pourers, and skimmer men working the pour floor
- Millwrights repairing launder troughs, mold rigging, and caster mechanicals
- Refractory bricklayers replacing launder linings and holding-furnace tap blocks
- Aluminum smelter potroom operators and potmen upstream in the metal path
- Maintenance welders and pipefitters servicing cast-station cooling and DC-pit equipment
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