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Telegram copy detailing the heat treatment procedure for frames made of 3% nickel steel.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0263
Date  10th February 1913
  
C O P Y.

X.962 X703

Re Frames.

Mr Bagnall Na {Mr Nadin} 31/B28813.

Below is a copy of a telegram received from Mr Wormald this afternoon. We should give this immediate effect.-

"Heat treat all front ends of frames beyond cross members."

The steel from which the frame is made should contain about 3% nickel steel, and should give good results if hardened as follows:-

(1) Heat up to 800º Cent. and quench out in oil.

(2) Re-heat to about 400º Cent. and allow to cool out in the air.

In fact they may be treated in the same way as we treat our other 3% nickel steel.
The Frames should be quenched for not less than 6" behind the centre of the front tubular cross member.

[STAMP TEXT]
REC'D
W.M.L.
10 FEB 1913
  
  
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).


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