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).
The successful crack testing of new shock damper pistons following an oil quenching process.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0366 | |
Date | 30th August 1938 | |
To RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /Vs. {J. Vickers} from HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /AFM. {Anthony F. Martindale} c. RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} 1292. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} 1/VS. {J. Vickers} 30.8.38. Further to your RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /Vs. {J. Vickers} 4/JT.4.8.38. in regard to the cracking of Shock Damper Pistons Ex.31344. We have now produced a set of pistons, carrying out the oil quenching in accordance with your recommendations, which have been crack tested and found to be quite satisfactory. HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} | ||