Product Description
Lydon Brothers (Hackensack New Jersey) manufactured through the mid-20th century plastics drying ovens, conditioning ovens, and downstream thermoplastic-handling equipment. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume specifically documents Lydon Brothers drying ovens (figure 6-29) as the standard equipment used for “conditioning thermoplastics for injection molding” through the asbestos era — drying and conditioning resin pellets to remove moisture before injection-molding feed.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Lydon Brothers plastics drying ovens and conditioning ovens were specified through the asbestos era with:
- Asbestos oven-wall block and pipe insulation wrapping the heated oven cabinet
- Asbestos heating-element electrical wire insulation
- Asbestos rope packing at oven access doors and damper seals
- Asbestos gasket material at flange and access connections
Lydon Brothers has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Plastics-machinery operators loading and operating Lydon Brothers drying ovens
- Injection-molding setup workers running Lydon-supplied conditioning equipment
- Plant maintenance workers servicing Lydon oven heating elements and insulation