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).
New source of high-ductility sheet steel for pressings from Messrs. Summers of Shotton.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0154 | |
| Date | 12th November 1928 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. to ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} X1474 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/LGl2.11.28. SHEET STEEL FOR PRESSINGS. Messrs. Summers, Shotton, Chester, have laid down an extensive plant for producing sheet steel for motorcar bodies, wings, and other details requiring exceptional ductility. They have the most up to date normalising plant, details of which they have just got over from the U.S.A. They state they will be able to produce a better sheet from 16 to 24 gauge than anyone else in the country. They suggest that if we have any pressings which are difficult, it would be worth while trying this sheet steel. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||