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).
Design and manufacturing of suspension springs, referencing Mr. Olley's notes and a proposal to use Firth's for production.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\R\October1927-December1927\ Scan003 | |
| Date | 3rd October 1927 | |
| [Typed Top Left] HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} FROM D.A. [Handwritten Top Left] Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} noted By [Stamp Center] ORIGINAL [Handwritten Center] X3900 Y8410 Y4429 [Handwritten Top Right] nothing attached [Handwritten Top Right] D/ROR 5/10 27 [Stamp Left] RECEIVED 11 OCT 1927 [Typed Body] SUSPENSION. In reply to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG30927., we return here-with Mr. Olley's notes on road springs. Mr. Royce wishes us to get some springs made on these lines, and tested, for comparison with the present system. We intended to design a set of springs here, but it appears to us that the quickest results will be obtained by persuading Firth's to design and manufacture some springs on these lines, as anything that we do is sure to be modified to some extent or other by Firth's. At the same time we should be much obliged if you could send us a copy of OY's notes with photostat figures, for reference in case we should wish to pursue the matter. We may say that WW. have advocated for years the method of making springs in which the overlap is varied with each thickness of plate. [Handwritten Bottom Left] By Please return [Handwritten Bottom Center] HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [Typed Bottom Right] D.A. [Handwritten Bottom Right] DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||