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Letter from Adamant Engineering Company discussing Cadillac steering and the adjustment of Marles-Weller steering gears.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 28\2\ Scan076 | |
| Date | 12th October 1932 | |
| 44094 Telegrams: "ADAMANT, Phone, Luton." CONTRACTORS TO H.M. ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE & AIR MINISTRY. Telephone: LUTON 1818 (2 Lines). ADAMANT ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporating J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} C. THREADGOLD & SONS, Established 1878). Engineers and Founders. SPECIALISTS in the DESIGN and MANUFACTURE of HIGH PRECISION TOOLS, JIGS, FIXTURES, etc. SPECIAL MACHINES, SPECIAL MACHINE TOOLS and ACCURATE PRODUCTION WORK. SOLE MANUFACTURERS and SALES AGENTS for the MARLES and MARLES-WELLER STEERING GEARS. Directors: S. CARLTON SMITH, A.M.I.MECH.E., M.I.P.E. ENG. LT.-COMMANDER F.{Mr Friese} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} MATRAVERS, R.N., M.A. (CANTAB.), A.M.I.MECH.E., A.M.I.A.E., M.I.A.E., M.I.P.E. O.{Mr Oldham} CARLTON SMITH, M.A. (CANTAB.), F.I.S.A., M.I.P.E., Secretary. ALFRED SLATTER, M.I.E.E. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} W. HAZEL, F.I.S.A. Your Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/KT. Our Ref. FGM/AGS/CB. Head Offices, Works and Design Dept.: DALLOW ROAD, LUTON. 12th. October, 1932. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, For the attention of Mr. Robotham. We are duly in receipt of your favor of the 10th instant, reference as above, contents of which is of considerable interest to us. As you are aware we have no particulars of the type of steering mentioned by you as the Cadillac Steering, and it would be of great interest to us if you could send us these particulars, which, as you will remember, you could not lay your hands on at the time our representative was at your Works. As regards the adjustment of the Marles-Weller Gear, adjustment is provided in this gear in every direction, up and down movement of the inner column due to wear of the ball races being taken up by the removal of a shim between the bottom plate and the steering box, and movement between the follower assembly and the cam track is taken care of by the substituting of larger hemispheres in the follower. We are enclosing herewith a booklet which illustrates and describes the Marles-Weller Steering, and full particulars of these adjustments are given in this book. We would like to take this opportunity, however, of stating that although we have now been making this Marles-Weller - 1 - | ||