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).
Destruction tests of rear axle buffers, showing results of different riveting and bolting methods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0109 | |
| Date | 3rd March 1930 | |
| Ex I 133 RUBBER BUFFER F87560 RIVET F87546 WASHER C6510 CASING F87558 RUBBER BUFFER HELD IN CRADLE AS SHOWN AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR BLOCK TO REPRESENT AXLE TUBE WAS PRESSED ON BY THE BROOKHURST ELECTRAULIC PRESS UNTIL FAILURE OF RIVET OCCURRED. CASING SLIGHTLY BOWED TEST Nº 1 - AS RIVETTED BY PRODUCTION - 1.5 TONS BURSTING LOAD TEST Nº 2 - CAREFULLY RIVETTED OVER - 3 TONS BURSTING LOAD CASING TORN & BADLY DISTORTED TEST Nº 3 - WITH 2 BA BOLT - 9 TONS BURSTING LOAD BOLT REMAINED INTACT WHILE CASING FAILED AS SHOWN P.H.III DESTRUCTION TESTS OF REAR AXLE BUFFERS ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. PRINT ROOM MAR 3 1930 DERBY Ex I 133 | ||