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).
Urgent request for three Gaco seals from George Angus & Co. after a leather seal failed during a dynamometer test.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154\2\ scan0107 | |
| Date | 24th June 1938 | |
| 1305 Experimental Dept. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}12/MH.{M. Huckerby} 24th. June 1938. Messrs. George Angus & Co. Ltd., (Oil Seal Dept.) 7, Bury Street, LONDON, E.C.3. Dear Sirs, We wired you this morning "Please send three Gaco seals 2½" x 1¼" x ½"." These are wanted urgently because an Angus leather seal now running on a dynamometer has failed and we are expecting to have to shut down to replace it. The temperature of the gearbox on which it is employed is 130°C and we understand that the Gaco seal is more likely to stand up to this temperature than a leather seal. We are having an official order sent to you for these three seals. Yours faithfully, for ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||