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Test report detailing main bearing dimensions before and after a running test.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\1\  scan0019
Date  23th February 1939
  
MAIN BEARINGS DIMENSIONS
UNIT Nº BEN. 80. No. 1
PASSED TO TEST :- 9-12-38
COMPLETED TEST :- 23-2-39
RUNNING TIME :- 68 HRS
MILEAGE :- (18 HRS 50 MINS F.T.)
CRANKSHAFT: EB.4104. MATL: 4461/1CAB TEST PIECE Nº: --
MAIN BEARINGS: VANDERVELL MATL: STRIP S/W {Sales / Derby Works} /MT.

TABLE DATA:
BEARINGS C/SHAFT CLEARANCE
BEFORE AFTER WEAR BEFORE AFTER WEAR BEFORE AFTER WEAR
8. A-A 2.4934 2.4970 .0023
8. B-B 2.4933 2.4965 .0023
8. OVALITY .0001 .0005
9. A-A 2.5000 2.4970 .0032
9. B-B 2.5002 2.4970 .0030
9. OVALITY .0002 NIL.
3. A-A, B-B, OVALITY
4. A-A, B-B, OVALITY
5. A-A, B-B, OVALITY
6. A-A, B-B, OVALITY
7. A-A, B-B, OVALITY

MAX. & MIN. CLEARANCES GIVEN.
GAUGE SIZE:
  
  
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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