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Did you work with Miller Gear Fabroil Cotton-Phenolic Industrial and Automotive Gears? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Miller Gear Fabroil Cotton-Phenolic Industrial and Automotive Gears, sold from around 1912 until the 1950s. Miller Gear Company manufactured Fabroil cotton-phenolic laminate gears under early Westinghouse-derived patents — cotton fabric held in compression between steel shrouds by steel studs, then phenolic-bonded. Per DuBois the Fabroil patents were deemed to cover laminated phenolic gears generally. Plaintiffs allege Miller Gear Fabroil gear grades included asbestos-filled formulations for high-temperature service. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos fiber reinforcement in some Fabroil compression-laminate cotton-phenolic gear grades. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Industrial machinists, Automotive mechanics, and Plant millwrights. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Miller Gear Fabroil Cotton-Phenolic Industrial and Automotive Gears 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
Miller Gear Company manufactured through the early-to-mid 20th century the Fabroil cotton-phenolic laminate gear product line — cotton fabric held in compression between steel shrouds by steel studs, then bonded with phenolic resin to form the laminated gear blank. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume documents that the Fabroil patents were deemed to concern laminated phenolic gears generally, as Fabroil gear stock was “composed of textile fibres, held in compression.”
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Miller Gear Fabroil gear grades specified for high-temperature industrial service included asbestos fiber reinforcement within the phenolic-bonded compression-laminate matrix and that industrial machinists, automotive mechanics, and plant millwrights who machined, dressed, or removed asbestos-filled Fabroil gears were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.
Miller Gear Company has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Industrial machinists machining Fabroil gear stock
- Automotive mechanics working early-era automotive timing gears
- Plant millwrights servicing Fabroil-gear-equipped machinery
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