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).
Decision to not proceed with cold Fescol depositing for Bentley gearbox shafts due to the high cost.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 104\3\ scan0243 | |
| Date | 15th November 1937 | |
| File Copy To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} -------------------- RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}5/N.15.11.37. Re: Bentley Gearbox - 3rd.Motion Shafts. ---------------------------------------- With regard to my memo of the 13th.ult. and your reply of the 16th. we are not going forward with the cold Fescol depositing as we find the cost of the treatment approximately double the cost of new shafts. We were astonished to find that the actual cost of new shafts to the Depot was approximately 21/-. We were under the impression that the cost would be in the region of £3 to £4. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||