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Query regarding the feasibility of creating a damper with both dry friction and lubrication, similar to a friction clutch.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\R\January1928-March1928\  100
Date  8th March 1928
  
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce}
HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) (At Le Canadel(Henry Royce's French residence).)
C. to - BJ. WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY
ORIGINAL
R5/M5.3.28.
REC'D, & DESPATCHED FROM WW. 8.3.28.
CAR ENGINES.
X8005 / X7005 Y634
Would it be possible to have the damper with dry friction, and yet well lubricated in its diametral fit - i.e. like the friction clutch?
R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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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