Masonry Magazine June 1963 Page. 23

Words: C. Wendel, R. Sterrett, K. Irvine, R. Murphy, M. Wagoner, Harry Zackrison
Masonry Magazine June 1963 Page. 23

Masonry Magazine June 1963 Page. 23
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miculite Institute
Annual Meeting

sibility Unlimited-'63" was the
of the 22nd annual convention
Vermiculite Institute, held dur-
arch at the San Marcos Hotel
andler, Ariz. Discussions of new
oments in vermiculite by out-
g speakers made this meeting
esetter for the group's future

K. Irvine of Salt Lake City,
was elected president to suc-
C. H. Wendel of Los Angeles.
R. Murphy was returned as
ing director, and R. W. Sterrett
surer.

old Sterrett of Nashville, Tenn.,
samed a director. Holdover di-
Irvine, are D. J.
besides
of Houston, Texas.

st speakers for this portion of
ogram were M. T. Wagoner,
manager of the Superlite Block
Phoenix, and Harry B. Zackri-
nief, Engineering Division, U.S.
of Engineers at Washington,

nded in 1945 with a modest
Superlite has become the
s largest producer, currently
making from 250,000 to 280,000 4
inch units per day. It was the beauty
of the 4 inch unit that made Superlite
a success, plus vermiculite fill insula-
tion in the cores, Wagoner said.
Eighty per cent of all the walls in
Phoenix are Superlite block insulated
with vermiculite.

In his talk entitled, "Use of light-
weight Insulating Fill in Corps of En-
gineers' Construction," Mr. Zackrison
stated that the additional testing pro-
gram of vermiculite masonry fill for
cavity wall construction, which Ver-
miculite Institute conducted at the re-
quest of the Corps, has indicated that
water-repellent vermiculite can prop-
erly be used by the Corps as an in-
sulating material.

"Numerous studies which we have
made in recent years indicate the con-
siderable economic advantage of us-
ing more efficient wall sections," Zack-
rison said. "This is particularly true
with the advent of air conditioning
and increased interest in electrical
heat. Within the Corps, we have con-
ducted several studies which show that
for particular structures, such as arm-
ories and headquarters buildings,


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