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Agenda for a chassis conference discussing steering, whitemetal bearings, and spot-welding.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161a\3\  scan0100
Date  3rd April 1939
  
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AGENDA FOR CHASSIS CONFERENCE

IN BY's. OFFICE

WITH BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} & RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

MONDAY, 3RD. APRIL, 1939.

SUBJECT.
STEERING.
Discuss question of Steering on Wraith and Bentley Chassis.

HOYTS WHITEMETAL BEARINGS.
Agreement required to use D.T.D. 299 Steel for Hoyts Whitemetal Bearings, analysis as follows :-
Carbon Not more than 0.15%
Silicon " " " 0.3%
Manganese " " " 0.6%
Sulphur " " " 0.05%
Phosphorus " " " 0.05%
The above is Hoyt's standard Material being very similar to our S/LC. and would facilitate Production of the Bearings if Hoyt's can obtain the above Material from their usual suppliers.

SPOT-WELDING.
Discuss the introduction on Wraith of the following Spot-welded details.
Saving per Chassis.
(1) Battery Box. 2.45 sh.
(2) Bonnet Side Plate. 1.05 "
(3) Steering Box Brkt. .96 "
(4) Spare Wheel Carrier Side Tube. 3.22 "
(5) Petrol Tank Straps. 1.18 "
Total saving per Chassis. 8.86 sh.
Samples in BY's. Office for Inspection.

REMARKS.
[Handwritten] R.H.C. to produce some bearings & rollers as soon as possible.
[Handwritten] Agreed by By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
[Handwritten] Battery box agreed. Tubes with brackets on the end not agreed.

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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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