What are the dangers of asbestos rubber sheet gaskets?
Asbestos rubber sheets are made of asbestos, rubber, and fillers. According to its formula, process, performance and use of different, there are mainly high-pressure asbestos rubber sheet, medium and low pressure asbestos rubber sheet and oil resistant asbestos rubber sheet, acid, alkali and other categories.As the pipe flange, high pressure vessel flange and all kinds of mechanical joint surface with sealing material, can be made for a variety of acid and alkali resistant requirements of the gasket with good sealing performance. The utility model is made into various gaskets with different shapes and sizes according to requirements.
The harm of asbestos on human body:Asbestos is a widely applied in building fire prevention board of silicate mineral fiber, natural mineral fiber is unique, it has good tensile strength and good heat resistance and corrosion resistance, not easy to burn, so it is widely used. Many types of asbestos, asbestos in the most abundant and most widely used, asbestos itself is not toxic, it's the greatest harm from the fiber, which is a very small, almost invisible to the naked eye fiber, when these tiny fibers are inhaled, will be attached and deposited in the lungs that causes lung disease, such as asbestosis, pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma. These lung diseases tend to have a long incubation period (lung cancer usually 15 - 20 years, mesothelioma 20 - 40 years), causing lung cancer in severe cases. Asbestos has been recognized as a carcinogen by the International Centre for cancer research.
Must pay attention to protection, asbestos fiber has carcinogenic effect. Wear a mask.
