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).
Minutes of a daily conference from 20th July 1920 discussing chassis supplies, noisy dynamos, and faulty wheel rims.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\6\ Scan131 | |
| Date | 21th July 1920 | |
| Hr/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 21st July 1920. MINUTES OF DAILY CONFERENCE. 20TH JULY 1920. Present: -Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} -Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} -Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} -Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} -Hr. -EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} -Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} -BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copies to:- -R.{Sir Henry Royce} -CJ. -C. -Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} -Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} -Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} -Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} -Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} -Hr. -EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} -Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} -BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Handwritten note across the page]: Std Sheet for, altered pistons, of engine & gears [Handwritten note above 'engine & gears']: Std'd different (1) SUPPLIES With reference to Minute 3 of 11/5/20, the Conference were of the opinion that material for another 500 chassis should be ordered on the 1st August. By that date we shall have completed 711 chassis out of the 2000 sets. We recommend that CJ. agrees to this. (2) DYNAMOS. We are very much in trouble with noisy Dynamos and so we are asking a representative of Lucas' to come and again investigate the job along with us. This position is rather serious inasmuch as it may hold up output. (3) RIMS. (a) WARLAND RIMS. Reference Minute 5 of 19/5/20: Col.Matthews of the Dunlop Co. rang up to say that the bonding rings with countersunk holes had the fault we originally imagined they would have, but the fault was mainly due to the faulty material from which the rims were produced. A Meeting was held between Dunlops, Warland, and ourselves, at which it was arranged that Messrs Warland | ||