Proposal to trial Olive joints on gallery pipes as a cost-saving replacement for brazed joints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\4\ scan0222 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1939 | |
| 1124? By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/R.2.8.39. Now that Olive joints have been accepted for high pressures, we are proposing to try them out on the gallery pipe, and everywhere else where there is a brazed joint, with a view to saving money. Rm. {William Robotham - 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).