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).
Suggestion for facilitating gear assembly by drilling alignment holes and using etched marks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\4\ 04-page079 | |
| Date | 23th February 1935 | |
| -2- AJ84/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}23.2.35. Contd. considered of any importance, and the Exptl:Dept: are making some new sets of gears with ground teeth, to be on as soon as possible. A feature which has been suggested by the Exptl: Production Dept: to facilitate assembling is the drilling of a hole, as shown in sketch below, after the gears are screwed in position, which position is indicated by an etched arrow or other suitable mark, the idea being that the parts can be assembled in the box and the coincidence of the two holes tested by a piece of suitably sized wire. The coincidence of the holes in combination with that of the etched arrows determining the correct position of the gear in the box, as pre-determined before assembling. [Handwritten sketch of a gear component] Handwritten text on sketch: HOLE HERE LINES ETCHED ON CHAMFER & ON CYLINDRICAL PORTION. SAME SCHEME AT OTHER END. AJS. | ||