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).
Suggestion to improve iron castings by adding nickel and chromium for use in car cylinders and flywheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\4\ scan0386 | |
| Date | 23th May 1928 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HL. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to RG.{Mr Rowledge} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} x8050 R1/M23.5.28. IRON CASTINGS. X.5050 X.7050 X.8050 Many people seem to be adding nickel and chromium to iron castings to increase their strength, solidity, and resistance to wear. I suggest we try this for our car cyl. castings if it is not prohibitively costly. I believe it can be added in the ladle. If we can get some cast iron say twice the tensile of ordinary good cast iron we might use more iron castings, for instance, the big masses of the flywheel. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||