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).
Request for a weight comparison of machined crankcase top halves from an external supplier against in-house castings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\3\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 26th November 1936 | |
| 2/6. To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.3/AP.26.11.36. PH.III. CRANKCASE TOP HALVES. We have recently had 15 or 20 of these cast by the Birmal people. We should like to know the weights of say, four of them in the machined condition, compared to the weights of four Rolls-Royce castings. May we have these figures please.? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth. | ||