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 cost and practicality of producing a sample cast crankshaft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\5\ scan0192 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1937 | |
| -2- RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}1/MJ.2.9.37.Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} As a special concession Mr. Topham was prepared to produce a pattern and supply a sample crankshaft casting for approximately £20. 0. 0d. but in view of the fact that our interest is purely economic it would hardly seem worth while proceeding with the matter. In certain cases it would perhaps be useful to use Cast Crankshafts with new experimental engines which would avoid laying down several hundred pounds die costs for 2 or 3 off, but even this advantage would be limited to fairly low stressed crankshafts on whitemetal bearings. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} | ||