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).
Cheap and simple steel hardening process, its benefits over case-hardening, and potential collaboration with French and British partners.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\1\ Scan310 | |
| Date | 31th December 1928 guessed | |
| contd :- -3- able to give the correct machining allowance on any normal part if they have the drawings. Summarising the position, the process appears to be very cheap and simple. It appears to have got through the experimental stage even on gears and flexible shafts. It would appear to be very much cheaper than case-hardening owing to the absence of distortion enabling the part to be finished machined before the final hardening in most cases, except light pieces such as cyl. liners. It is stainless and rustless. Such qualities as the steel possesses would be course invaluable to us on pieces such as crankshafts, brake drums, axle gears etc.etc. Mr. Duval, the French engineer, who has done all the development work in France in conjunction with Hispano's has offered to come over any time and in conjunction with Firth Derihon, the British Licencee's, see that we get anything we want rapidly and also incorporating their very latest developments. We suggest that it is worth making every effort to get some of this steel running experimentally as soon as possible. Attached to R's copy of this note are photographs of a few parts actually being treated by Aubert & Duval on a production scale, also details of the process shewing the different/treatment recommended for various types of steel before hardening. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||