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Cost breakdown for the production of half bearing castings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 115\5\  scan0063
Date  2nd July 1938
  
JSW/KES

2nd July, 1938.

Price of making half Bearing casting
without material but with overheads ...... 3¾d each

Price of material with depreciation and
melting costs ........................ 1/7d per lb.

Heat Treatment of Bearings for 12 hours ..... ½d per lb

Heat Treatment of Bearings for 24 hours ..... ¾d per lb

Weight of 8.6 litre half bearing............. 10.oz.
  
  
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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