Product Description
Application Engineering Corporation (AEC) manufactured through the mid-to-late asbestos era mold chillers, mold temperature controllers, and refrigeration units used by U.S. plastics injection molding shops to maintain controlled low-mold temperatures during thermoplastic molding cycles. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume specifically documents AEC’s 40-to-105-ton mold chillers (figure 6-28) as the standard equipment used to “maintain low-mold temperatures for thermoplastic molding” through the late asbestos era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that AEC mold chillers and refrigeration units were specified through the asbestos era with asbestos refrigeration-line insulation, asbestos gasket material at compressor and heat-exchanger connections, asbestos electrical wire insulation on compressor and control wiring, and asbestos heat-shield material in chiller cabinet construction.
Application Engineering Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Plastics-machinery operators running AEC mold chiller installations
- Refrigeration mechanics and HVAC technicians servicing AEC chillers
- Plant maintenance workers at injection-molding shops with AEC chiller installations