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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).
List of insulation materials and their suppliers for the Experimental Department.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 24\2\  Scan196
Date  1st April 1922
  
X.1109 INSULATION IN EXPERIMENTAL DEPT.
* = See supplement.
PAGE: I

MATERIAL | SUPPLIERS | ARTICLE | COLOUR OR GRADE | NO. | REMARKS
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Bakelite | B.T.H. Co. Coventry. | Discs | Black | 2 | 2 Used (1 for test & 1 unit)
" | Arch. Campbell. | Sheets | Brown | 3 | Used for expl units.
" | " | Rod | " | 1 | "
" | " | Tubes | " | 2 | "
Bakelite-dilecto | R.R., U.S.A. (Cont. Fibre Co) | Plates | Black | 1 | Used test & expl units.
" | " | Rods | Brown | 1 | Used expl units.
" | " | Sheets | " | 2 | Used " " & test.
Bakelite Micarta | " (Westinghouse Co.) | " | Black | 2 | Paper base. Test & unit
" | " | " | Brown | 1 | "
Beldalite | Beldam Tyre Co. | Raw strip | Red | 1 |
" | " | Sheets | Brown | 4 | 1 Used for tests.
" | " | Mouldings | " | 4 | One or Three with units
Begeite | Electric & Gen. Works Ltd. | Plate | grade A | 1 |
Condensite | Condensite Co. Sheffield | | | |
*Condensite Celoron. | Diamond Fibre Co. | | | | see supple.
Continental Bakelite | Continental Fibre Co (per RR) USA. | Plates | brown | 7 | 6 Used on expl units. 1 branded H.V. Willis IV-22.
" | " | Rods | " | 2 | Used on expl units
" | " | Sheets | " | 2 | "
  
  


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