Requesting the use of Nitro Alloy for wearing pads on new shock absorbers, replacing existing case-hardened steel parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 56\1\ Scan157 | |
| Date | 29th June 1931 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} γ 235 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/MJ.29.6.31. NITRO ALLOY PARTS FOR NEW TYPE R.R. SHOCK ABSORBERS. It is essential that we should fit nothing but Nitro Alloy wearing pads to the new type R.R. shock absorbers we are building. Will you please make sets to replace all those in ordinary case-hardened steel that we are at present running i.e. two sets of 40/50, One set of 25 HP. complete. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /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).