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Design notes and diagrams for a reeded pressing and a supporting pin using ferrule construction.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\O\January1926-March1926\  Scan37
Date  19th February 1938
  
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cooling - one thinks for stiffness it should be reeded - simple pressing from thick sheet turned all over,

or at least have outer flange.

(10) To make a suitable supporting pin one might use ferrule construction, thus -

Shallow serrations
Sheet steel plate

spanning both kept on by rivet.

One thinks this scheme seems light and simple, allowing ample thickness or stiffness in the drum.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}

(Stamp: RECEIVED 19 FEB 1938)

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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).


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