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Did you work with Bendix Aviation (South Bend, IN) aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies with asbestos-phenolic friction pucks for military and general-aviation aircraft? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Bendix Aviation (South Bend, IN) aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies with asbestos-phenolic friction pucks for military and general-aviation aircraft, sold from the 1940s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Bendix Aviation aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies as a chrysotile-containing friction product in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: chrysotile-reinforced phenolic friction pucks and expander-tube brake linings in Bendix aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies; exposure during overhaul, machining of worn pucks, and compressed-air brake-dust cleaning. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Aircraft Mechanics, Navy Aviation Structural Mechanics, and Air Force Crew Chiefs. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Bendix Aviation (South Bend, IN) aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies with asbestos-phenolic friction pucks for military and general-aviation aircraft 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
Bendix Aviation Corporation (South Bend, IN — later Bendix Corporation, then Allied-Signal, now Honeywell Aerospace) allegedly manufactured aircraft wheel-and-brake assemblies for U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and general-aviation aircraft from the 1940s through the 1980s. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Bendix aircraft brake assemblies incorporated chrysotile asbestos in phenolic friction pucks and expander-tube brake linings, and that overhaul of these assemblies released respirable asbestos fibers.
Bendix Aviation aircraft brake products are separate and distinct from Bendix’s automotive and heavy-truck brake lines; the aviation product line was engineered for the higher energy loads and heat-sink requirements of aircraft landing.
Workers Exposed
- Navy Aviation Structural Mechanics (AM) and Air Force crew chiefs performing flight-line brake changes
- Depot-level maintenance workers overhauling Bendix wheel-and-brake assemblies
- General-aviation mechanics servicing Bendix expander-tube brakes on light aircraft
- Brake shop workers machining or grinding worn friction pucks
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