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).
Experimental piston ring type spring rings for synchromesh, detailing manufacturing changes to ensure correct grain flow.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\4\ scan0279 | |
| Date | 16th March 1937 | |
| 528. To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} E/HDY.{William Hardy}4/HP.16.3.37. Experimental Piston Ring Type Spring Rings to replace plungers - Synchromesh - N.Sch.5065. Further to our memo E/HDY.{William Hardy}1/HP.13.3.37 we send you herewith, as requested, one additional print off each of RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}456 and RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}457, and three additional prints of RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}458. We have taken this opportunity of adding a note to the detail of the ring RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}458, requesting that it be made from a small section rolled or drawn, bar bent into a circle, and not parted off a large diameter bar. This is to ensure that the grain flow in the ringmaterial will be correct. Kindly destroy the two prints of RS.{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}458 already in your possession, or return them to us for alteration. E/HDY.{William Hardy} | ||