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 to try the successful Ferodo 'No.6' Bentley clutch material on a Rolls-Royce segmented driven plate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 1st July 1936 | |
| To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}, x-212 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.15/JH.1.7.36. Bentley Clutch. Ferodo "No.6" material is very successful on the Bentley clutch. We now want to try it on a R.R. type of segmented driven plate, at the same time retaining the Borg & Beck spring drive. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}173 shows how to do this. Will you please detail and make the necessary pieces. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||