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Laboratory report detailing the material analysis and heat treatment of a Hardy Spicer Propeller Shaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 87\3\  scan0072
Date  27th November 1936
  
X Ben Prop Shaft 257.

To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

HL2/AG.27.11.36.

Laboratory. Report No.L4185.

Re: Hardy Spicer Propeller Shaft.

Analysis :-

Carbon ... 0.39%
Manganese ... 1.31%
Nickel ... 0.26%
Chromium ... 0.20%
Silicon ... 1.19%
Molybdenum ... Nil

This has been heat treated to give a maximum stress of about 105 tons on the outside, and 80 tons inside. These figures are based on Brinell hardness.

Hl. H
  
  
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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