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 Charles Weston & Co. discussing the superiority of their Gits oil seals and urging their adoption for motor car and aero engine applications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 93\5\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 15th May 1935 | |
| APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. x317 CHARLES WESTON & Co., LTD. BRANCHES. A.{Mr Adams} AIERS & Son, 17, EATON ROAD, COVENTRY. MR. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} S. GIBB, 47, ACKERS STREET, OXFORD ROAD, MANCHESTER. MR. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} B. MORRISON, 197, BATH STREET, GLASGOW, C. 2. YOUR REFERENCE......WM/DEM...... OUR REFERENCE..................... DIRECTORS: F.{Mr Friese} W. BYRNE. W. MURRAY. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} A.{Mr Adams} S. GIBB. T. B. BYRNE. TELEPHONE: HOLBORN 0414. TELEGRAMS: GITSEALS, LONDON. CABLES: 'OILSEAL,' LONDON. CODES: A.B.C., BENTLEYS AND KENDALLS. OILSEALING ENGINEERS. GITS PATENT PRECISION OIL SEALS AND OIL SEALING DEVICES. GITS OILERS AND LUBRICATORS. LINCOLN CHAMBERS, PORTSMOUTH STREET, KINGSWAY :: W.C.2. Attention Technical Dept. 15th May 1935. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We beg to confirm the visit of our Mr. Aiers to your works on Friday last, when he left with you a drawing showing proposed application of Split Seal to Crankshaft. We shall be pleased to make up samples if you propose to proceed further. With regard to your Motor Car applications, we are rather surprised at your refusal to try out our Gits Seals, as we have always understood Messrs. Rolls-Royce never reached finality and nothing but the best was good enough. Your Aero Engine Dept., have already proved our Gits Seal to be better than the type you are fitting, by a test carried out on an Air Screw Shaft, when a Seal of a competitive make did not last two hours, whilst our Gits Seal was perfectly successful after a 90 hour run. According to this test, our Gits Seal will give at least 45 times more life than the type you are using. This is not an isolated case, and if you care to make enquiries, you will find no other Seals are used on Aircraft but Gits Seals, furthermore, you will find /over [Handwritten Note] HGRY Send them a picture of SpectreCodename for Phantom III rear main bearing and get them to suggest a modification Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||