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).
Production difficulties and revised dimensional limits for Shock Damper Bellows F.85395.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0214 | |
| Date | 13th March 1934 | |
| X 4698 To By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.11/KW.13.3.34. Shock Damper Bellows - F.85395. The Makers are experiencing difficulty in producing bellows to our fine limits. In order to avoid delaying production we have agreed to the following limits :- Outside diam. 1.505 - .020" Inside diam. 1.045"- .020" Will you please have the Drawing brought up to date. We are having a test rig produced which will enable the Makers to test each bellows under exactly similar conditions to the complete shock damper. This should overcome the present trouble completely. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} / I. A. {Mr Adams} Leslie. | ||