Note discussing a failure in the riveting of supporting brackets for air silencers and requesting a design review.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\4\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 21th August 1933 | |
| x208. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 6/MA.21.8.33. We have had a note from GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} in which he says that the rivetting of the supporting brackets of the air silencers are not up to the job. We ourselves have had a failure. Will you please look into this design. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).