Authorisation sheet to modify the 'India' plus F.W.B. servo drive worm wheel due to fast wear.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 105\4\ scan0007 | |
| Date | 14th May 1925 | |
| Secret. -------- c. C.J. c. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 15370 BYA/H. 14.5.25. -------------- AUTHORISATION SHEET NO.9. "INDIA(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)" PLUS F.W.B. SERVO DRIVE WORM WHEEL. --------------------------- You will probably have noticed in Hma8/LG. 12.5.25. he points out that the straight top worm wheel arranged by West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town) is wearing fast. This being the case, it is necessary that we should at once stop producing this type of worm and replace it with a similar worm of curved face form, which will give more area per tooth, at once. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} and Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} agree that it is necessary that we should make the new wheel. We require your consent to incorporate this modification in "India(Production 20 HP. with 4-speed box and Front Wheel Brakes)" plus F.W.B. material. In the meantime, I have stopped the Works producing the old piece, which would only represent so much scrap. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief 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).