Overheating issues with novel steel pistons where solder melted on the oil pipe during a bench test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 12\4\ 04-page38 | |
| Date | 11th March 1914 | |
| From Exp. Dept. Copies for; J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} R. {Sir Henry Royce} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Na. {Mr Nadin} Wor {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} /EH7/L11314. March 11th. 1914. Re Novel Steel Pistons. x.706 We find on examination after bench test with high compression that the gudgeon pin end of the connecting rod has been so hot that the solder has melted which fixes the oil pipe on 4 of the rods. The gudgeon pins are quite free in the bushes so it must be the heat conducted from the top of the piston. | ||
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).