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).
Letter discussing full-scale cylinder bore wear tests and the potential solution of chromium-plated bores.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\4\ scan0153 | |
| Date | 2nd August 1938 | |
| 1124? Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}S/MH.{M. Huckerby} 2nd. August 1938. W.Helmore, Esq., Engineering Laboratory, CAMBRIDGE. Dear Helmore, We are up to the neck in it trying full scale cylinder bore wear tests on all sorts and kinds of cylinder liner material. As you know results come slowly and are often contradictory. However, during the next few months we hope to be able to submit liners which give us a widely differing wear effect, so that you can see if your corrosion test confirms this side of the picture. There seem to be indications at present, that with the advance in the art of chromium plating, plated bores may be the solution of the cylinder bore wear problem for those who can afford them. Yours sincerely, | ||