Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

The production of heat-treatable cast iron shock damper pistons for the Bentley III.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 151\2\  scan0365
Date  5th August 1938
  
1292.

To HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /C1m.16/JH.5.8.38.

SHOCK DAMPER PISTONS.

With reference to RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /VS. {J. Vickers} 4/JT.4.8.38.

The Iron Foundry are making for us, some pistons in a heat treatable cast iron for Bentley III front shock dampers, having a thicker rim round the crown of the piston. The drawing No. is Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 548, and we should like to get a set of 4 machined as soon as possible after they come through, so that we can see if the replenishing valve mechanism can be easily assembled.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Clapham.
  
  
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).


Copyright Sustain 2026, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙