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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).
40/50 Oil Pump tests, with comparison data for a Feuerheerd pump.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149\2\  scan0015
Date  22th December 1927
  
40/50 OIL PUMP TESTS
FOR COMPARISON WITH FEUERHEERD PUMP

A/ DELIVERY AT 100 R.P.M.
(Test at 22°C)

(Columns headed:) 40/50 FEUERHEERD
100 R.P.M AT 10 LB/□" PRESSURE, 1 GALLON IN 4 MIN 3 SECS. 4 MIN 50
40 LB/□" " - 4 MIN 4 1/2 SECS (text "4 1/2 SECS" is struck through) 4.71
60 LB/□" " - 4 MIN 6 SECS
100 LB/□" " - 4 " 6 "

B/ PUMP WILL JUST DELIVER AT 100 LB/□" PRESSURE AT
(Test at 9.5°C)
30 R.P.M

C/ PUMP WILL JUST LIFT MOTORINE "C" 3FT. 10 1/2 INS. (FLOOR LEVEL TO ¢ OF SUCTION PIPE) AT
50 R.P.M.

D/ (Test at 31°C)
1000 R.P.M - 100 LB/□" - 1 GALLON IN 27 3/5 SECS.
1.46

WT OF 40/50 PUMP 3LB 7 1/4 OZ

DELIVERY GOOD, ALSO PRESSURE IS STEADY UP TO 100 LB/□"
  
  


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