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).
Design, costing, and planning for a new junior axle compared to an existing Salisbury axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0311 | |
| Date | 25th April 1940 | |
| 1015 Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HJL. c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/ML.25.4.40. COST DEPARTMENT. We are now getting an organisation for Costing and Planning going. It is agreed that the first job we shall tackle is to compare the simplest junior axle we can design with the Salisbury axle which we know that we can buy from the States, for £9. In order to enable this work to proceed it is necessary for us (a) Detail the Salisbury axle. This is at present stripped in the Weight Analysis Section. (b) To complete the design and detailing of our own axle. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} will complete the necessary sketches and come over and discuss the design with you. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||