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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).
Request to strip and rebuild a failed Ph.III oil cooler matrix using high-temperature solder.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\1\  scan0148
Date  12th November 1935
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

X 1114

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.14/KW.12.11:35.

We send you herewith a Ph.III oil cooler matrix which has failed at a pressure of 100 lbs/sq.in. at 130°C.

Will you please strip and rebuild this cooler, using a suitable high temperature solder, so that it retains its strength at high temperatures.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.
  
  


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