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).
Letter from Hiduminium Engineering Ltd. proposing a meeting to discuss resuming work on aluminium alloy brake drums.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 109\3\ scan0087 | |
| Date | 22th March 1941 | |
| Directors W.C.DEVEREUX,F.R.Ae.S.(CHAIRMAN) J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} AHERNE-HERON(MANAGING) S. SANDERS F.{Mr Friese} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} S. LAWRENCE HIDUMINIUM ENGINEERING LTD. 115, BUCKINGHAM AVENUE, SLOUGH, BUCKS. Telephone SLOUGH 2 3 6 8 4 [Handwritten note at top: 700.] OUR REF. JAH/AR. YOUR REF. 22nd. March. 1941. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Esq., Rolls Royce Limited. DERBY. Dear Sir, Mr. Devereux has passed your letter of the 13th, and his reply of the 21st. instant on to me, and if convenient to you I would like to come up with Mr. Warrington and Mr. Robinson after April 1st. I have been meaning to contact you for some time, because in the early part of '39 before the war, we made up some aluminium alloy brake drums for you, under Mr. Stuart Tresilian's instructions, but at the beginning of the war this work was dropped. We still have here two completely machined brake drums with deposited linings of monochrome, and two drums with the liners cast in, using the method we found so successful on Staniland's Multi-Union. I will bring these up with me, if you are interested. If you could give us some idea of the problem mentioned in your letter before we come to see you, it might make our visit of greater value. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of HIDUMINIUM ENGINEERING LTD. [Signature of J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Aherne-Heron] J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Aherne-Heron. Managing Director. [Large red crayon writing across the body of the letter: Wylt] [Red crayon circle with the letter R inside, over the body of the letter] | ||