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).
Design of a Bentley Suction Oil Strainer and Sump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\3\ scan0132 | |
| Date | 26th October 1936 | |
| Hives 1139 Swdl{Len H. Swindell} Any Comments? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}3/HP.26.10.36. Bentley Suction Oil Strainer and Sump. We send you herewith LeC.5345 showing the above. This consists of making the sump with a settling chamber around the strainer and in such a form that it will not affect the ground clearance. This strainer has a double gauze, the inner one being 20 mesh and the outer one, which is a greater area, is 36 mesh. To cool the oil the floor at the front has been made corrugated to increase the surface inside and out. No useful purpose is served by continuing this treatment at the rear of the sump as it is known from our Peregrine and J.III experience that it would become mud caked. E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner} LeC.5345 herewith. | ||