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Progress report on a 10,000-mile test of the latest type of split aluminium pistons.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 77\3\  scan0098
Date  29th January 1920
  
EH. from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington}
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
CK {Mr Clark}
X.3757
EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 1/F29.1.20.
X.3757. RE 10,000 MILES TEST OF LATEST TYPE SPLIT ALUMINIUM PISTONS. X.3644
Yesterdays' run on chassis No. 53-CW - 294 miles.
Total miles run since pistons fitted - 614 miles.
Report on pistons:- Still satisfactory.
EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
  
  
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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