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).
Departmental memo concerning an investigation into pivot breakages, revealing errors in early record-keeping and drawings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\12\ B002_X168-page080 | |
| Date | 5th April 1913 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS 'ROYCAR,' DERBY. TELEPHONES 476 Four Lines. DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. This column is for Name of Person addressed: Mr Johnson Date stamp: RECEIVED 5 APR 1913 Re breakages of pivots. - A.166 5-4-13 The cards in our record Dept. which unfortunately in the early days were not kept as carefully and conscientiously as they are now, led us into an error in the early series numbers quoted in the standing order for the above job. Since I found out this mistake I went very carefully into the matter, examining all pivot drawings in the D.O. myself to avoid the possibility of a second error, and I came across a point which I thought might interest Mr Royce and which I have not seen as yet mentioned in any report. It appears that the pivots U.1181/2 were designed for series 500 and 700 (there are no 600 cars) and appear to be amply strong enough, but during 700 series Mr Royce may remember that there was an "epidemic" on broken ball races Handwritten note: Walmsley Who was the designer. Was the drawing signed? Stamp: 7 IV 13 Footer: This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||