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).
Request to obtain three cast iron discs for a brake test rig and send them to Ferodo Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\2\ scan0257 | |
| Date | 9th February 1939 | |
| 1029 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} c. RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/Vs.{J. Vickers} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}9.2.39. BRAKE TEST RIG. Will you please obtain from the Foundry, three cast iron discs, 14" dia. and 1" thick, made in our standard brake drum iron. The iron discs should be normalized by soaking at 550°C for two hours. They should then be sent to:- W.E.Shilton, Esq., Messrs. Ferodo Ltd., Chapel-en-le-Frith. The discs are to be given to Ferodo Ltd. free of charge. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||