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).
Request to shrink a Brimol liner into a racing-type aluminium rear drum for testing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0061 | |
Date | 2nd April 1936 | |
X206 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}25/JH. 2.4.36. Aluminium drums - Racing type. Will you please shrink a Brimol liner into a rear drum with an interference fit of .026" on the diam. No fixings are required. The drum should be marked GB26. Will you please fit it to a standard hub. The drum is required for test purposes. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||