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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).
Distortion test results for rear brake carrier plates after repeated heating and cooling.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\4\  scan0194
Date  14th August 1938
  
Ex I 52
P III REAR BRAKES
DISTORTION TESTS ON CARRIER PLATES

Distortion At Various Points On Dust Excluder.
Numerical readings around the plate (clockwise from top): -.012, ZERO, ZERO, -.020, -.050, -.045, -.018, ZERO, -.055, -.037, -.036, -.020.

No Distortion Observed At The Carrier Plate
All Readings Taken At This Point

Inner Carrier Plate G 83531-2
Outer Carrier Plate G 83392-3
Dust Excluder G 83399-400

No Distortion On The Carrier Plates

Note:- The Carrier Plate Assembly Heated To 350°C And Cooled. This Operation Being Repeated Five Times. On The First Heating The Assembly Was Cooled In Air. After Subsequent Reheating Was Quenched In Water.

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