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).
Letter discussing the metallurgical properties of a seized bearing and the potential effects of reducing tin content.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\4\ scan0072 | |
| Date | 29th May 1940 guessed | |
| appears in tiny globules evenly distributed over the whole bearing and not in unbroken lines as now appears on the seized bearing. Do you think in view of this that a reduction in the tin content with softening of the aluminium matrix would help in this matter? We shall be pleased to have your opinion and if necessary I will send you our samples of this test along to you. Yours sincerely, F G Blackith DICTATED, BUT NOT SIGNED BY MR. BLACKITH. | ||