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).
Quality control issues with 10-inch Borg & Beck clutch discs from a new supplier.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\3\ scan0307 | |
| Date | 20th June 1936 | |
| X1110 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.20.6.36. Borg & Beck Clutches. Attached is a copy of a letter to Borg and Beck's which is self-explanatory. The main point is that on the 11" clutch the discs are ground perfectly satisfactorily, but on the 10" owing to another source of supply, the working faces have not been anywhere near parallel. We shall be glad if you will arrange to put the limits on the drawing and to ensure that, at any rate until Borg & Beck's have shown that they can consistently produce what we require, a system of inspection is instituted so that defective assemblies can be returned to them. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Att: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KW.20.6.36. | ||