Investigation into metal transfer, scale formation, and rusting on a distributor roller.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 34\1\ Scan283 | |
| Date | 6th November 1918 | |
| R.R. 238 (300 Bks.) (SF 152. 6-11-18.) MP 197880 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. 19 To Order No Customer's No. 4 slight transfer of metal and formation of scale, though the result is not yet up to requirements. The roller was insulated from the blade, for the purpose of finding out whether the rusting that takes place, is due to electrical surges, in this case the distributor ran for over a month before the rollers required re-oiling, as against about one week previously noted on a few occasions. Changes in the weather may account for this, however, as the other bench distributor also operated (Contd) Signed This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||
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).