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).
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/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/EM. Instructed BY/RD/W7-4-32 RECEIVED 5 APR 1932 | ||