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Data table showing Packard yoke movement and deflection measurements under varying loads due to braking torque.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 100\1\  scan0162
Date  27th May 1938 guessed
  
Packard Yoke Movement due to Braking Torque.

Load. | Yoke movement rel. to frame. | Yoke bending A | Distortion of pivot pin etc. B | Needle bearing clearance C | Twist in Neck. D | Backward movement of torque arm E
0 lbs. | 0 .001" | 0 .0005" | 0 | 0 .002 | 0 | 0 .001
400 lbs. | .013" .015" | .013" .0135" | .008" | .008 .014 | 0 | .008 .010
800 lbs. | .040" .042" | .031" .031" | .015" | .016 .016 | .001 | .017 .019
1000 lbs. | .053" .055" | .038" .038" | .018" | .016 .016 | .002 | .021 .022

(Vertically in column B) NO HYSTERESIS
(Vertically between columns D and E) NO HYSTERESIS

Analysis of Deflections measured from the top of the Yoke.
  
  
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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