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 Hoffmann Manufacturing regarding a grinding error and missing labels on bearing assemblies.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\1\ scan0133 | |
| Date | 1st April 1938 | |
| BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HOFFMANN Registered Trade Mark BALL-AND-ROLLER-BEARINGS STEEL-BALLS-AND-ROLLERS THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. TELEPHONE: 3151 (Five Lines) TELEGRAMS: HOFFMANN, CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE, MARCONI AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. MESSRS. ROLLS-ROYCE LTD., DERBY. CHELMSFORD. 1st April, 1938. [Handwritten Note] To R.H.C / E.G. 1380 [Reference Box] YOUR REF. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. RCA/MAS. [Handwritten Note] Please note & return. F.J.H. For the attention of F.J. Hardy Esq. Your Assembly FW.911. Our Bearing No.N.2790. Dear Sirs, [Struck through] Referring to the conversation our Technical Manager, Mr. C.H. Smith, had with Mr. Hardy on 25th March, we thank him for his agreeing to accept approximately thirty of these assemblies which, due to an error in grinding will be + .005" on the track diameters. The actual number of these it is expected will be twenty-nine. It was arranged that a label should be attached to each assembly stating that it has oversize tracks, but we regret to say four sets were despatched last night without the labels. We trust that you will be able to trace these, and apologise for any inconvenience that may have arisen from these circumstances. Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED. | ||