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Query regarding the design of a car engine damper to have both dry friction and lubrication.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 25\3\  Scan326
Date  3rd May 1928
  
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

X634

R5/M5.3.28.

CAR ENGINES. X.8005 X.634
X.7005

Would it be possible to have the damper
with dry friction, and yet well lubricated in its
diametral fit - i.e. like the friction clutch?

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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