Abstract
The technical development of the European mineral wool industry is presented with emphasis on its early history and those factors believed to be of significance for the working environment. Its early history was mainly based on trial and error and may have presented several potential hazards. At first, most of the plants produced wool without effective dust suppression. The highest fibre concentration is assumed to have occurred by the end of that period. Moreover, some plants had a short period of so-called batch operation, when the fibre exposure may have been high for a few workers. The exposure patterns for modern production and use are the same for glass wool and rock wool. In this presentation of the technological development of the MMMF industry in Europe, only the mineral (glass, slag and rock) wool insulation industry is covered.
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