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Test report and data for a cotton belting clutch.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 74\2\  scan0128
Date  19th April 1912
  
R.R. 582(2 1/2 H) X. 488. 2.1.12.) G 2273.
X358 Section 1200
Description: Cotton Belting Clutch

COLUMN 1:
Date: 19/4/12
Report: 3/16" thick leather. Specially nose squeaking, soft engagement etc. also similar Dynamometer test as with thicker type. Driving nos. A.1041. C187

Date: 2/5/12
Report: Tested on 1714 gut away very nicely no squeaks same as 1/4"

COLUMN 2:
Report:
This lid {A. J. Lidsey} on dynamometer
1714 c Max P 48 max
torque 3rd gear 112 lbs
max torque 1st gear 325 lbs

lbs lifted | Temp.
maybe
250 | 38°C
270 | 57°C
290 | --
310 | 66°C
315 | --
320 | 94°C
325 would not lift
  
  
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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