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Query about designing a damper with both dry friction and lubrication, similar to a friction clutch.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\5\  Scan010
Date  5th March 1928
  
+7005

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
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}

R5/M5.3.28.

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

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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