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Test results for two six-leaf springs detailing Brinell hardness, run times, and wear patterns.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 80\2\  scan0318
Date  9th August 1920
  
g.F.c
x.3981
SPRING F.363 - 220 lbs. - parallel leaves - tapered ends - no nibs and slots - ground all over. x.1331/ Full
Fitted on O.S. Bump Chassis 3.8.20.

No. of leaves 6. Brinell. Remarks. Time run.
1 444 1st. leaf O.K.
2 415 2nd. leaf cracked under rear clip. 17 hrs. 30 mins.
3 415 3rd. leaf very small crack under rear clip
4 415 4th. leaf cracked front of first clip.
5 415 5th. leaf cracked front of first clip.
6 415 6th. leaf O.K.

Spring taken off 7.8.20

RECEIVED AUG 9 1920

SPRING F.363 - 2100 lbs. - parallel leaves, tapered ends - no nibs and slots - ground all over.
Fitted to N.S. Bump Chassis 27.7.20.

1 444 1st. leaf cracked under front clip. 16 hrs. 15 mins.
2 415 1st. leaf broken. 18 " 35 mins.
3 429 3rd. leaf broken front of clip. 23 "
4 415 2nd. leaf cracked front of clip. 25 " 45 "
5 415 4th. leaf cracked under front clip.
6 444 5th. and 6th. leaves O.K.

Spring taken off 7.8.20.

R.R. 238A (100 'D') S.G. 048. 19-2-20 G 2618
  
  
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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