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Graph showing the results of thrust tests on Hoffmann ball race bearings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 8\11\  11-page169
Date  19th May 1939
  
BALL RACE THRUST TESTS
HOFFMANN BALL RACE Nº 325 000 WITH
" " " Nº R325 000 AS SECONDARY BEARING.
THRUST APPLIED AND READINGS TAKEN HORIZONTALLY.
STATIC LOAD NIL.
THRUST - INS -
THRUST LOAD - LBS -
OIL
+.004, +.003, +.002, +.001
-.001, -.002, -.003, -.004
500, 400, 300, 200, 100
  
  
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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