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).
The testing of an 'Amal' petrol pump with a piston design.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\2\ Scan068 | |
| Date | 14th June 1932 | |
| x2677. To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}10/KT.14.6.32. ----------------------- "AMAL" PETROL PUMP. We have been testing out the "Amal" Petrol pump which is similar to our own but has a piston fitted instead of a fabric. The object of the test was to see what advantages, other than durability, the piston could produce. The main result of the test was to show that the lubrication of the piston is not an easy matter. This particular pump does not draw from the reserve, with a dry pipe line, as well as our own. We can, however, more easily vary the compression ratio on this than on a fabric disc pump, and will therefore utilize it for air pumping tests. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||