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).
Chromium plating of cylinder blocks, referencing work done by the Rover Co.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\3\ scan0071 | |
| Date | 4th November 1935 | |
| X1091 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}22/KW.4.11.35. Chromium Plating Cylinder Blocks. When I was at Rovers last week they showed me a chromium plated cylinder block. They have been doing a good deal of research on this job and have now got a finish with which they are satisfied. They said that wear and corrosion are reduced to an absolute minimum. I want to try and get a large bore cylinder block chromium plated on B-6 before it goes to France. I do not know whether you have a large bore spread centres latest type valve gear block available, as instructed for B-19. We did instruct a set to follow B-18 out, but I do not think they have ever been sent. If a block is available we should like to send it over to the Rover Co. and have it chromium plated. It should be marked for the attention of Captain Wilks. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||