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 Ferodo Limited concerning an investigation into fan belt failures and the production of part no. EW.1518.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\1\ scan0142 | |
| Date | 22th March 1938 | |
| [Top Center] 1135. All Communications to be addressed to the Company. [Letterhead] FERODO LIMITED TELEPHONE: 19 CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH (5 Lines) TELEGRAMS: FRICTION, PHONE, CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH. [Logo] FERODO REGD. TRADE MARK. BRAKE & CLUTCH LININGS [Address] CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, STOCKPORT, ENGLAND. [Codes] CODES: WESTERN UNION FIVE LETTER EDITION, BENTLEYS COMPLETE & 2ND PHRASE, MARCONI INTERNATIONAL, LIEBER'S CODE, LIEBER'S LATEST CODE, A.B.C. 5TH & 6TH EDITIONS. [Left Column - Depots] Depots:- LONDON 222, TOTTENHAM COURT RD W. 1. BERDEEN GUILD STREET. BELFAST 8, 10 & 12, MONTGOMERY ST BIRMINGHAM 198, CORPORATION ST BRISTOL 118, VICTORIA STREET. CARDIFF 60, CHARLES ST DUBLIN 120, UPPER ABBEY ST GLASGOW 70, WATERLOO ST LEEDS 25, HUNSLET RD LIVERPOOL BERRY STREET. MANCHESTER 16, JACKSON'S ROW, DEANSGATE. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE ELDON STREET, BARRAS BRIDGE. [Handwritten Note - Top Center] Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/MS - please note + return to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD [Date and References] 22nd March, 1938. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.1/MH{M. Huckerby} OUR REF. JNL/KM [Handwritten Note - Right] noted Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/STD [signature] [Addressee] C. S. Steadman Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Derby. Dear Mr. Steadman, We thank you for your letter of the 19th of March, referring again to fan belts. Confirming the writer's telephone conversation with you this morning we must assure you that we have not neglected this question but have pursued it very earnestly indeed. We have passed back all your findings and remarks to the States but correspondence has not proved satisfactory and our Mr. Holmes and Mr. Robinson have both been in the States since the 14th of March investigating this and other matters which have arisen. We are expecting them back in about 14 days' time and we feel sure that we shall then be in a position to overcome the difficulty experienced with the belts turning over. We note the Gates Rubber Co's statements concerning cord treatment and the building of belts under tension and can assure you that both these factors are incorporated in our Making Particulars. With regard to your query concerning the production of belts to part no. EW.1518 we hope to be in a position to supply these towards the end of May. Yours truly, FERODO LIMITED [Signature] JLongley Chief Chemist & Director. [Bottom Left Initials] JNL | ||