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).
Obtaining a new pressed asbestos material for the Friction Anchored Sun Wheel as the previously used Ferodo was unsatisfactory.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 37\2\ scan 005 | |
| Date | 8th January 1919 | |
| R.R. 255 B (300 T) (S.E. 427, 21-2-18) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2129 X3351 EH. from BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. to R.{Sir Henry Royce} January 8. 1919. BY8/P8119. Referring to the fact that in the case of the Friction Anchored Sun Wheel, the Ferodo used was not satisfactory, I am obtaining some rings of material in Messrs. Herbert Frood's number 9C type, which is not woven, but merely made up from pressed asbestos. I attach a copy of their letter, from which you will see that the material has satisfactorily withstood high pressure and also boiling oil. The samples referred to are in my office. Two samples are enclosed with Mr Royce's letter. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||