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).
Letter from General Motors' Inland Manufacturing Division regarding the testing, development and supply of new Inlox Bushings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\2\ scan0068 | |
| Date | 31th January 1938 | |
| 1305 INLAND MANUFACTURING DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DAYTON, OHIO January 31, 1938 Handwritten Note: LES Kennington } Please look out for these bushes RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Mr. W. A.{Mr Adams} Robotham Rolls-Royce Ltd. Derby, England Dear Mr. Robotham: Many thanks for your letter of the 13th and also for your purchase order covering several hundred Inlox Bushings for further testing. We are of the opinion, and after conducting many tests, that an Inlox Bushing with a curled outer shell over an enlarged inner shaft, or tube, adds materially in resisting deflection when end loaded. Mr. Sampson, whom you will recall as Assistant Chief Engineer of our Plant, has been working the past several months with Packard engineers on a new type of bushing. Mr. Sampson has succeeded in designing a bushing in which, when loaded endwise, the deflection is reduced to a minimum. I have asked Mr. Sampson to forward to your attention a sample of this new bushing together with the testing data that he has compiled. I am sure that we will be very much interested in your comments on this particular type of bushing. We have under construction in this country a new plant at Clark, New Jersey, which will take care of our export and eastern requirements, but I am sure that it will be some time before we give any real consideration to the establishment of a unit in England. With the best of personal regards and good wishes for 1938, I remain Sincerely yours, A.{Mr Adams} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Geyer Chief Engineer HDG/t CC: Mr. F.{Mr Friese} W. Sampson | ||