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).
Letter from The S.U. Company regarding a component failure in a new type pressure pump.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\2\ Scan137 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1933 | |
| 82677 STATION:- ADDERLEY PARK, L.M.& S.RLY THE S.U. COMPANY. PROPRIETORS: MORRIS INDUSTRIES LTD S.U. CARBURETTER FLEXIBLE SILENT TELEPHONES:- EAST 1662 AND EAST 1663. General Manager: T.C. SKINNER. East Works, Bordesley Green Road, Adderley Park – Birmingham TELEGRAMS:- FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM. Your Ref. Our Ref. TCS/DR April 3/33. H.A.Robotham Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Mr.Robotham, Re the new type pressure pump, we have recently had one or two cases where the little fibre roller on the rocker gear which takes the shock of the rocker blade, has broken. The reason for this is that they are made from bar fibre, the grain running lengthways, and we have discovered that it only requires the slightest tap to split them. If the pump you have should pack up you will know what to look for, but in the meantime I am putting through for you another couple of pumps with a different type of roller. Kind regards. Yours sincerely, TCSkinner | ||