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Performance graph showing the brake efficiency of a post-war R. Bosch sliding armature starter motor against torque.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\T\2July1929-December1929\  Scan034
Date  25th July 1929 guessed
  
STARTER MOTOR BRAKE EFFICIENCY R.BOSCH. SLIDING ARMATURE
(POST WAR)

Graph Lines:
AMPERES
E.H.P.
B.H.P.
VOLTS
EFFICIENCY
SPEED

Vertical Axes Labels (from left to right):
ELECTRICAL H.P.
EFFICIENCY
VOLTAGE
AMPERES
B.H.P.
R.P.M.

Horizontal Axis Label:
TORQUE (POUND INCHES)

Vertical Axes Scales (from left to right):
Scale 1: 4.0, 3.6, 3.2, 2.8, 2.4, 2.0, 1.6, 1.2, .8, .4, .0
Scale 2: 1.0, .9, .8, .7, .6, .5, .4, .3, .2, .1, .0
Scale 3: 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0
Scale 4: 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 25, 0
Scale 5: 2.0, 1.8, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1.0, .8, .6, .4, .2, .0
Scale 6 (R.P.M.): 3000, 2700, 2400, 2100, 1800, 1500, 1200, 900, 600, 300, 0

Horizontal Axis Scale:
0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150

Handwritten:
5
  
  
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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