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).
Improving riveting assembly methods by switching from hand work to machine-done force fits.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\October1930-February1931\ Scan117 | |
| Date | 29th November 1930 | |
| DY.{F R Danby} FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce} C. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} C. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. to HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} C. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} ORIGINAL R1/M29.11.30. ASSEMBLY. (RIVETING.) E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} points out that all riveting when-ever at all possible must be machine done because of the natural fatigue of hand work leading to slow heavy hammer strokes. Much more assembly should be done by interposing fits - i.e. pressed together by force to stretch the parts, such as force press in the shanks of pieces to be cold riveted. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||