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).
The production of crankshaft R.E.869, including supplier and component fitting instructions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 132\2\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 16th May 1940 | |
| 1116 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} c.c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}6/16.5.40. CRANKSHAFT - R.E.869. This is to confirm that we have handed to you the necessary data to produce the above crankshaft, so that you may make every effort to - (a) Persuade English Steel Corp. to supply outstanding forgings to S.A.E.1045 material. (b) Produce and fit Welch plugs to the direction supplied by Oy. etc., and not as shewn on R.E.874/5 as the latter incorporate the wrong type of cutting edge. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||