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Special alloy composition (EXB3) for starter motor pinions.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 62\1\  scan0034
Date  5th April 1932
  
X6079
WST
c.Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /EM13/J.5.4.32.

P.11. Starter Motor Pinions.

With reference to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst7/AD.7.3.32, with regard to starter motor pinions in aluminium bronze will you kindly instruct for one or two pinions to be produced in the type of aluminium bronze referred to in the above note.

This is a special alloy consisting of:-

Copper 76%
Aluminium 9%
Iron 6%
Nickel 6%

EXB3 alloy

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /EM.

Instructed
BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD/W7-4-32

RECEIVED 5 APR 1932
  
  
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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