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 The S.U. Company regarding trouble with rubber rollers and proposing alternative materials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27a\2\ Scan200 | |
| Date | 15th July 1933 | |
| Handwritten: X26077 S.U. CARBURETTER FLEXIBLE SILENT TELEPHONES: EAST 1662 AND EAST 1663. General Manager: T. C. SKINNER THE S.U. COMPANY. PROPRIETORS: MORRIS INDUSTRIES LTD. East Works, Bordesley Green Road, Adderley Park, Birmingham, 8. STATION: ADDERLEY PARK, L.M.& S. RLY. TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM. Your Ref. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/3/KT. Our Ref. RLK/HMH. 15th July, 1933. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 13th instant and regret to hear that you have had trouble with the rubber rollers. We are afraid that we cannot conveniently widen these, but we can, no doubt, get a harder rubber, if you think that will be suitable. Unfortunately, we had to submit these to you before we had had an opportunity of testing them properly ourselves and personally we think it would be safer to carry on with the soft grey fibre which we are now using as standard until we have had an opportunity to do more extensive tests with rubber. We shall be pleased to have your views on the matter. Yours faithfully, for THE S.U.CO. T R Leslie Kent | ||