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Tests conducted on a servo brake, including material and lining analysis.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2Jan1924-March1924\  Scan10
Date  22th January 1924
  
R.R. 493 (40 H) (SL 42 12-7-23). J.H. D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
ORIGINAL
EXPERIMENTAL REPORT.
COPIES TO: (R)CJ. BJ. WOR {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} , (By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} )E, Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} , ER. PN. {Mr Northey} OY. (RB {R. Bowen} )
Expl. No. x9910 3409 3010
REF. Hsl/LG22.1.24.
OBJECT OF TEST.
To obtain data on servo brake.
TESTER.
W. A. {Mr Adams} Robotham.
CONDITIONS.
Tests carried out on brake test rig.
SUMMARY OF TEST.
The results attached of tests taken on the rig are confirmed by road experience. We have recently re-lined a servo brake with new shoes and we found the proportion of braking to the rear greatly reduced - it was necessary to run with the brake on and to roast the material before it would give us the same results as previously.
We are making a test with material in which we have baked all the bonding material out of it.
We have recently removed the liners from two servo brakes which have been operating on a car - in both cases it shows definitely more wear on the wrapping shoe ( We are sending samples to R. {Sir Henry Royce} and WW.)
We are testing a servo with cast-iron liners.
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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