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).
Results of pivot and frame bumping tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\B002_X168\ 00000001-page218 | |
| Date | 7th January 1914 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: 'ROYCAR,' DERBY. TELEPHONES: 478 (Four Lines). Names and indicating letters. A Mr. ADAMS Ba Mr. BAILEY Bn{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Mr. BARRINGTON Bd{Mr Berend} Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT C Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Co Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DE'LOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP H Mr. HALDENBY Ha Mr. HALLAM Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PM Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM P Mr. PATERSON PF Mr. PLATFORD R Mr. ROBINSON Rce Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JB Mr. JAMES BOYCE S Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT Sp{Mr Spinney} Mr. SPINNEY V Mr. VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS W Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 7.1.14. DeD/G6114 Contd. In another test over obstacles (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/L5713) and F.3372 type pivot ran for 1810 minutes and was not even out of truth at the conclusion. In a frame bumping test (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}5/C2C1113) and F.3253 type pivot cracked in the U section after 12 hours 37 mins. In another frame bumping tests (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}23 H111213 and Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L271113) F.3372 type pivots broke in the stub at 7 hrs. 57 mins. and 6 hrs. 3 mins. respectively. In another report (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}9 L51213) pivots F.3097/8 broke in 12 hrs. 27 mins. and 15 hrs. 32 mins. respectively. Ha. This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||