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).
The failure of a mild steel exhaust downtake pipe and the subsequent switch to Staybrite steel for production.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\3\ scan0046 | |
| Date | 1st February 1934 | |
| X223 To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}10/KW.1.2.34. Exhaust Pipes. We have reported in to-day's 10,000 mile report the failure of the front downtake pipe. The pipe in question was made of mild steel and in the tests of the first Bentley it was hoped that it would not be necessary to lag the pipe. The exhaust noise however made it imperative to do so. In view of having to lag the pipe, the production pipes have been made in Staybrite to prevent the corrosion that has occurred with the above mild steel pipe. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||