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).
Internal instruction memo discussing the manufacturing difficulty of drop forging a U-shaped design for the front anchorage of rear springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 80\3\ scan0006 | |
| Date | 19th November 1913 | |
| R.R. 300 (6 B) (XX. 564. 15.10.13) E.P. 5170. 16190 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. INSTRUCTIONS. To: Mr Moyes Date: 19.11 1913 Order No.: Customer's No.: X879 Re: FRONT ANCHORAGE OF REAR SPRINGS With further reference to your memo R1/P31/1013 & the above in which you asked for confirmation of your view that the U-shaped design F4118, is too difficult to drop forge. I have submitted this to Messrs Hughes-Johnson. Although they do not complain of the difficulty they certainly seem to find it difficult to forge very close to the finished sizes, & a good deal of machining would have to be done. There seems no doubt also that the machining would be rather a troublesome. Signed: Royce This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||