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).
Proposal to use a graphite-impregnated cotton material from Messrs. Frood for rear shock absorbers to replace the existing red fibre.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0314 | |
| Date | 28th July 1920 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 643, 19-2-20) G 2618 X 34612 To Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ro.{C. C. Rose - Export Manager}FC Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}6/LG28.7.20. X.34612 REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS. X.3463 As you know, Messrs. Frood are making us a material for interleaving rear springs. This material will, we anticipate, be a cotton base impregnated with graphite. We think it would be an excellent thing if we could ask them to supply us with some discs for the rear shock absorbers of this material so that we could use it in place of the red fibre. The trouble we have with the red fibre is that it becomes dry and increases the load on the shock absorber also if it works any length of time in a dry condition it becomes charred. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} E C JUL 28 1920 RECEIVED. | ||