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).
Life of parts on bumping tests for buffer springs.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0036 | |
Date | 1st May 1914 | |
Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr6/L1514. May 1st. 1914 LIFE OF PARTS ON BUMPING TESTS. BUFFER SPRINGS. 3" Bumps at 105 revs. per minute. | Piece No. | Description. | Time. Hrs. Mins. | Results. | Reference. | |---|---|---|---|---| | F.1356. | Buffer Springs in Steering Tubes. | 6 - 11 | Two broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}19/L101113. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 7 - 14 | " | " | | F.1356. | ditto. | 1 - 30 | Broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcr4/L27114. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 1 - 1 | Two broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L271113. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 6 - 14 | " | " | | F.1356. | ditto. | 1 - 7 | " | " | | F.1356. | ditto. | 30 | One broke. | " | | F.1356. | ditto. | 2 - 33 | Broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}19/L221013. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 2 - 40 | Broke. | " | | F.1356. | ditto. | 5 - 0 | Two broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}11/L9214. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 59 | Broke. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}27/L61113. | | F.1356. | ditto. | 11 - 12 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}5/L201113. | | ||