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10,000 miles test of split aluminium pistons, noting mileage and a piston knock issue.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\3\  scan0103
Date  2nd February 1920
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
C. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
C. to WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
X3757
.EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 13/F2.2.20.
RE. 10,000 MILES TEST OF LATEST TYPE SPLIT ALUMINIUM PISTONS.
Week end run on chassis 53-CW - 380 miles.
Total miles run since pistons fitted - 1948 "
Report :-
Piston knock No.1 cylinder.
Elusive knock still audible.
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
  
  
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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