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Comparison between an existing and a suggested stiffer clamping washer for a front end 2nd motion shaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 94\2\  scan0117
Date  12th December 1936
  
EXISTING SCHEME
CONTACT AREA BETWEEN INNER RACE & CLAMPING WASHER .100 WIDE
CADILLAC GEARS
CLAMPING WASHER G 54680
1.650 DIA x .100 THICK
CLAMPING WASHER DISTORTED .006 & WORN .012
THIS WASHER IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH & TAKES A PERMENANT SET AS SHOWN WHEN CADILLAC GEARS ARE USED.
PIII 35 Ex
CLAMPING WASHER FRONT END 2ND MOTION SHAFT
SUGGESTED SCHEME
SUGGEST A STIFFER CLAMPING WASHER BE USED 1.750 OUTSIDE DIA
OUTSIDE DIA OF LOCKWASHER INCREASED TO 1.500
ROLLS ROYCE, LTD
PRINT ROOM
DEC 12 1936
DERBY
Ex I 96
  
  
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).


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