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).
Testing fine thread cones in an HS8 gearbox for bedding-in purposes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0341 | |
| Date | 24th February 1936 | |
| -2- HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}8 gearbox has got the fine thread cones, and we are arranging for this to be run a considerable mileage to ascertain whether any changes arise with these cones in use, before we recommend the adoption of turning fine threads for bedding-in purposes. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||