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).
The performance of Vandervell bearings compared to standard bearings on a Bentley test bed engine.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\1\ scan0307 | |
Date | 23th March 1937 | |
1020 W/S. Bly.{B. W. Bleaney - Bentley Sales} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} absent. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}/7/R.23.3.37. Re: Mr. Guy Vandervell. We have had one set of Vandervell bearings on a Bentley Test Bed engine. Results show that they are not quite as good as the white metal bearings standard on the 3½-litre. As they were strip bearings and not flanged, they are not interchangeable with the bearings supplied to a customer necessitating slight modifications in the way of thrust flanges. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||