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).
Trial of aluminium washers in place of fibre on shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 16\4\ Scan016 | |
| Date | 8th January 1927 | |
| 47520 To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} C. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. BY/SS.{S. Smith} RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}2/BE.8.1.27. RE ALUM: WASHERS IN PLACE OF FIBRE With reference to BY6/H.23.12.26. we have tried a set of alum: washers in place of fibre on Shock Absorbers and these have proved to be quite satisfactory. We can judge by the assembling on the bench whether they are reliable. However we have fitted a set of Shock Absorbers to Chassis 14.EX. with these washers so that they can be proved by road test, but our experience generally, on alum: washers goes to prove that there will be no doubt about these being O.K. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | ||