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).
Cost-saving suggestion for a built-up cam tube for steering columns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\7\ 07-page046 | |
| Date | 12th April 1937 | |
| To. E/Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} 650 STEERING COLUMNS. Re. your memo E/EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}1/MN.5.4.37. and our verbal discussion concerning same. We attach a print of Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}352 showing our suggestion for a built up cam tube. This has been costed along with LeC.5601 and shows a saving over the latter of 1/1d. The Order Office and the Cost Office inform us that, if mild steel tube to commercial limits is ordered in quant-ities over approximately 300 ft., there is no additional charge for special sizes. In the case of the cam tube 200 sets will require about 600 ft. of tube. Therefore we have shown a special size tube which avoids the 30% increase of weight which a standard size would involve. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Print attached to EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}'s copy. | ||