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).
Enquiry to Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd. about sourcing a high-power universal joint for an aero application.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\1\ scan0147 | |
| Date | 1st June 1938 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}o/MH.{M. Huckerby} Mr.J.A.Daniell, Messrs. Hardy Spicer & Co. Ltd., Witton, BIRMINGHAM. Experimental Dept. 1st. June 1938. Dear Mr. Daniell, Our Aero people want to find a universal joint which will transmit 3,000 horse power at 1500 revs. I am wondering whether you have ever manufactured such a joint or whether the Spicer Co. in America have done so. We should be glad if you could tell us the best way of getting hold of one, because possibly if you do not make one yourself you may know where one could be obtained. Yours sincerely, | ||