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 potential cost reduction of a Bentley crankshaft by introducing a Packard type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\5\ scan0223 | |
| Date | 16th November 1937 | |
| To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 1260 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}8/AP.16.11.37. BENTLEY CRANKSHAFT Confirming our conversation with you, we should like to know the cost reduction if we introduce the Packard type crankshaft EB.2964 with only four balance weights to EB.2965, compared with the present arrangement. We should also like to know, of course, the die cost of the crank and the jig cost in the Works. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} | ||