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 manufacture of 'V' Series Pistons, proposing an order for 100 more sets and considering an alternative to knurling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\1\ scan0058 | |
| Date | 8th May 1925 | |
| Sft.{Mr Swift} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} S. By/S. O.{Mr Oldham} Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} +D040 BY15/H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 8.5.25. -------------- "V" SERIES PISTONS. ------------------- We have no solution of the piston question in sight which would modify in the slightest the designs which are at present in manufacture. This being so, I propose to go another 100 sets of pistons on the type which has been instructed. Since I have put a taboo on knurling, and therefore the only alternative I have agreed to up to the moment is hammering, I would like to remark that I am prepared to consider correct forming of the piston ring in the first place, along the lines recently put before us by the British Chuck & Piston Ring Company. Will Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} please arrange to put on order the extra material for the above parts, similar to the 100 sets already on order. . BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} [Signature] | ||