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).
Tests on different hypoid rear axle oils, including one from Messrs. Prices' and a new one called Oline.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0263 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1930 | |
| 42066 To DY.{F R Danby} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} c. to Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to WOP. c. to MX.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}10/MJ.3.11.30. x967/42066 HYPOID REAR AXLE OIL. Tests have been carried out on the special oil submitted to us by Messrs. Prices' containing Stockholm Tar and Lead Oleate. The tests were conducted on the gearbox which we find gives excellent indication of the qualities of an oil necessary for a hypoid axle without entailing scrapping of the parts. This oil did not shew up sufficiently well to justify us continuing the tests on the axle. We have at present under test, a different type of oil for the same purpose called Oline, from the Refining Co., South Road, Hansworth, BIRMINGHAM. We appreciate the desirability of finding an alternative to Whitmore's Compound, but so far have come across no suitable substitute. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||