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).
Rear brake binding and the use of cadmium plating on steel and bronze bushes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0277 | |
| Date | 9th December 1936 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 206 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. BY/TWD.{T. W. D???Aeith} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.8/G.9.12.36. ----------------- REAR BRAKE BINDING. ----------------- Referring to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}3/R.5.12.36. I find that the treatment of the steel bushes by plating with cadmium was only brought in during 1935 on the rear brakes. In regard to the front brakes, this was introduced later still owing to the bronze bushes collapsing under the bolt load. I am still satisfied that cadmium plating is an adequate protection for the parts in question, and it is very much cheaper than the only other alternative viz. the use of stainless steel parts. By BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||