Help Regarding Print Dryer and Asbestos

Could I pick your collective brains.

I am disposing of an old Nova Fibre Based Print Dryer but have been
told that the older models may contain asbestos. I was wondering if
anyone had any idea if the unit does contain asbestos. I purchased this
machine in around 1993 - 1995.

I have contacted the manufacturers but no response as yet.

The address to view the unit is:

http://www.novadarkroom.com/cgi/sh00...2117#aAPGS2117


Any

helpful comments gratefully received

TIA

"Dragonphoto1" wrote in message
...
Could I pick your collective brains.

I am disposing of an old Nova Fibre Based Print Dryer but have been
told that the older models may contain asbestos. I was wondering if
anyone had any idea if the unit does contain asbestos. I purchased this
machine in around 1993 - 1995.

I'd be surprised if a product supplied new in 1993, and with a short supply
chain, would contain asbestos. (One way to determine whether, is by a
microscopic fibre analysis checking out the refractive index. I've got the
microscopes etc. but not the reference refractive indexed liquids or
specialist knowledge.)

You've got me worried now. In my darkroom I have an old Kodak dryer, and
it's so old it predates the web by a decade or three. It gets far too hot
and melts every print I've tried to dry on it.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Could I pick your collective brains.

I am disposing of an old Nova Fibre Based Print Dryer but have been
told that the older models may contain asbestos. I was wondering if
anyone had any idea if the unit does contain asbestos. I purchased this
machine in around 1993 - 1995.

I have contacted the manufacturers but no response as yet.

The address to view the unit is:


http://www.novadarkroom.com/cgi/sh00...ttp%3a%2f%2fww
w%2enovadarkroom%2ecom%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml& REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2
enovadarkroom%2ecom%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml&WD= print%20dryer&PREVQUERY=RA
NDOM%3dNETQUOTEVAR%253ARANDOM%26PAGE%3dSEARCH%26SS %3dprint%2bdryer%26TB%3dA%
26PR%3d%2d1%26GB%3dA%26ACTION%3dSearch&PN=Fibre_Ba sed_Print_Dryers%2ehtml%23
aAPGS2117#aAPGS2117



asbestos is not nerve gas, anthrax, nor even ecolli bacteria. The danger of
it comes from the dust which can be breathed in. When its being removed
from buildings there are some precautions that must be taken to prevent
clouds of dust from spreading and being breathed. But handling the belts
of a dryer, or in my short television studio work, the 2,000 watt spot light
cables were asbestos cloth covered, is a minimal risk.



actually, people working in greenhouses, especially those potting up
seedlings and mixing custom blend potting soils have far more exposure
danger, those bags of vermiculite are the same lung infecting agent.

On 2006-02-27 02:21:18 +0000, "Malcolm Stewart"
said:

"Dragonphoto1" wrote in message
...
Could I pick your collective brains.

I am disposing of an old Nova Fibre Based Print Dryer but have been
told that the older models may contain asbestos. I was wondering if
anyone had any idea if the unit does contain asbestos. I purchased this
machine in around 1993 - 1995.

I'd be surprised if a product supplied new in 1993, and with a short supply
chain, would contain asbestos. (One way to determine whether, is by a
microscopic fibre analysis checking out the refractive index. I've got the
microscopes etc. but not the reference refractive indexed liquids or
specialist knowledge.)

You've got me worried now. In my darkroom I have an old Kodak dryer, and
it's so old it predates the web by a decade or three. It gets far too hot
and melts every print I've tried to dry on it.

Also

asbestos is not nerve gas, anthrax, nor even ecolli bacteria. The danger of
it comes from the dust which can be breathed in. When its being removed
from buildings there are some precautions that must be taken to prevent
clouds of dust from spreading and being breathed. But handling the belts
of a dryer, or in my short television studio work, the 2,000 watt spot light
cables were asbestos cloth covered, is a minimal risk.



actually, people working in greenhouses, especially those potting up
seedlings and mixing custom blend potting soils have far more exposure
danger, those bags of vermiculite are the same lung infecting agent.



I agree entirely with both these points.

Asbestos is a major problem only when disturbed and the age of the
machine puts it well beyond the point at which asbestos was banned from
being used in manufacture.

Apparently Malcolm this unit has been in manufacture for around 50
years. When it started that run asbestos could have been an issue. But
not in 1993.

Many thanks Malcolm and zeitgeist for taking the trouble to reply.

Best regards