From 'ROY' discussing an offer from Harcourts Ltd for experimental chrome plating on components like crankshafts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\6\ Scan061 | |
| Date | 21th November 1928 | |
| X1360 DY. {F R Danby} from ROY. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} c. to Rg. {Mr Rowledge} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ---------------- ROY {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} 6/MG21.11.28 ---------------- Arising out of your experiments with Nitralloy Steel, Mr. Davies, of Harcourts Ltd, Chrome Platers, tells me they have done certain experimental Chrome Plating for various firms with a view to obtaining increased life, and with certain Rock Drills so treated the life was trebled compared with that of the untreated drills. They have done Crankshafts for certain firms, and would gladly do one for us, or any other component, if we are interested. ROY. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} | ||
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).