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Series of graphs comparing the performance of 'Luber-Finer', 'General', 'AC', and 'Smith' oil reconditioners over time.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 135\3\  scan0255
Date  11th March 1938
  
OIL RECONDITIONER TESTS
"LUBER-FINER", "GENERAL", "A.C." AND "SMITH"
% INCREASE PURITY/TIME TESTS: USED OIL - 75°C, PRESSURE - 30 LB/SQ. IN.
% INCREASE PURITY MEASURED BY A.C. OIL SEDIMENT METER
TESTING TIME - HRS.
Graph 1: AC AND LUBER-FINER
"LUBER-FINER" INITIAL PURITY 47%
"AC" 1ST TEST INITIAL PURITY 48%
"AC" 2ND TEST INITIAL PURITY 23%
Graph 2: GENERAL
"GENERAL" 2ND TEST INITIAL PURITY 27%
"GENERAL" 1ST TEST INITIAL PURITY 55%
Graph 3: "SMITH"
"SMITH" 2ND TEST INITIAL PURITY 49%
"SMITH" 1ST TEST INITIAL PURITY 44%
  
  
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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