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).
Continued description of the lubrication system for cutter and wormwheel spindles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 76\2\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1914 | |
| A.H. 418 A (1go H) (V.V. 585. 23.2.14) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 9363. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} for R.{Sir Henry Royce} 2.4.14. M1/G2414 Contd. -4- run in an oil bath. The cutter spindle is also lubricated from this oil bath, the oil running up the hole in the spindle housing and thus onto the spindle, round which a groove is cut to carry the oil to the outer bearing. Oil also passes onto the spindle housing. The 5" spindles themselves are oiled by the oil bath for the wormwheels cut in the spindles. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} [Signature] MADE IN BROMLEY | ||