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Results of wear tests on various clutch linings for a 25 HP & Bentley clutch.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\2\  scan0082
Date  3rd May 1934
  
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HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /FHH. 20/KW. 3. 5. 34.

Clutch Lining Wear Tests - 25 HP. & Bentley.

Type of lining.
Wear due to 260 2000-3000 r.p.m. slips.
Additional slips 500-3000 to produce total wear of 0.100".
Remarks.

Standard 25 HP. and Bentley Clutch.

RAD.13 Untreated
0
65
Very bad slipping and smoking throughout 500-3000 slips.

RAD.5 Untreated -Ditto- repeat.
0.004
570
Very bad slipping and smoking throughout 2000-3000 slips and first 50 of 500-3000 slips.
0.010
380

RAD.11 Untreated X. standard.
0
477
Very bad slipping and smoking throughout 2000-3000 slips and first 10 of 500-3000 slips.

RAD.11 1+ hrs. at 600°F. {Mr Friese}
0.006
310
Clutch behaved perfectly throughout 2000-3000 slips. Bad slipping and smoking during first 40 500-3000 slips.

RAD.11 1 hr. at 700°F. {Mr Friese}
0
380
Clutch behaved perfectly throughout 2000-3000 slips and first 7 of 500-3000 slips. Slipped and smoked from 8th to 30th of 500-3000 slips.
  
  
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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