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).
Investigation into a system for splitting crankshaft balance weights and suggesting a patent.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\1\ scan0041 | |
| Date | 30th May 1932 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} x634. R5/M30.5.32. X.634 C. TO SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. TO E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} CRANKSHAFT BALANCE WEIGHTS Regarding the balance weights we are at present adopting I do not know whether these have been criticised from a practical point of view by RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, and other experts of practical construction, but the system of splitting the balance weight so that it can accomodate itself to the dowels, and all the slack of the dowels to be removed when the securing bolt or stud is tightened, is worth investigation as to whether it would work with rather bad workmanship or slack dowels in the balance weights. If it does this the system is worthy of at least a provisional patent, as it ought to save cost and anxiety in production. I suggest that HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} and RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} arrange a demonstration. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||