Instructions for building a lightened Bentley radiator and a staybrite steel radiator shutter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\1\ scan0138 | |
| Date | 13th February 1935 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.1/KW.13.2.35. Bentley Lightened Radiator. We wish to lighten the Bentley radiator as much as possible, and therefore wish you to build up a radiator incorporating the following :- (1) Top tank as shown on pencilled blue print Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1770 attached. (2) Steam chamber as shown on pencilled blue print Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1771 attached (can be machined from standard chamber EB.284). (3) Bottom tank lightened as shown on Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1769 attached. If it is not practicable to cast this it can be machined from tank to EB.1797. (4) Matrix to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1570. The top tank will require an outrigger shutter bearing support. This should be in dural, while an EX scheme has been done for the necessary fittings for the shortened Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1570 matrix. Will you please also construct a Bentley radiator shutter (EB.1056) in staybrite steel .020" thick (25 SWG.) - if it is not possible to use the Bentley method of construction, the 20/25 and 40/50 method should be used. We wish to compare this with a standard shutter for weight and rigidity. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /C.S.Steadman. | ||
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