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).
Compromise on the design of teeth in friction plates to expedite the production of shock absorbers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0287 | |
| Date | 15th March 1920 | |
| X.34616. COPY. H/s. C. to Dn. CK{Mr Clark} C. to En. BY1/H15.3.20. CHASSIS RE SHOCK ABSORBERS. With reference to the question of producing shock absorbers at an early date, one piece which is now holding us up is the question of the type of teeth to be slotted in the friction plates. By type of teeth, I mean the possible motion betwixt one plate and another before they come into action. I would like to know whether you can let me have some information to which we can produce a number of shock absorbers, if say only 200 sets, so that we may get forward with this job as quickly as possible. It seems to me that a compromise in regard to the possible motion betwixt plate and plate would be better than having to wait for the final proposition, as a chassis fitted with shock absorbers with such a compromised movement would be better than a chassis with no shock absorbers at all. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||