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).
Requesting information on the composition of Redmanol and Mouldensite mouldings to address the issue of 'tracking', and inquiring about alternative non-resinous materials.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\3\ Scan289 | |
| Date | 14th March 1928 | |
| To ROY{Sir Henry Royce}, from EFC. X3513 EFC5/T14.3.28. REDMANOL AND MOULDENSITE MOULDINGS AS USED BY OURSELVES. X2497 As a matter of technical interest in connection with the question of "tracking", we should like to know the nature and proportions of the filling media which are mixed with the various moulding powders used by ourselves. Perhaps you would be good enough to obtain this information for us. We should also like to know if any of the products of The British Celanese Co., some of which we understand are of a non-resinous material with a non-inflammable cellulose base, are produced in the form of a powder which can be moulded by ourselves, and if so, if there is any such material that would give any promise of not exhibiting the tendency to "track", which is one of the drawbacks of synthetic bakelite base material. EFC. | ||