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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).
Blueprint showing the distortion of near side carrier plates after a dynamometer test.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\5\  scan0081
Date  17th September 1936
  
DISTORTION OF NEAR SIDE CARRIER PLATES. AFTER DYNAMOMETER TEST.
P. III 30 C.X.

INSIDE LIP OF DUST COVER FOULING BRAKE DRUM FOR THIS DISTANCE.
MAX DISTORTION AT THE ENDS OF CARRIER PLATES.
FIGURES REPRESENT PERMANENT DISTORTION OF CARRIER PLATES & DUST COVER IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BRAKE DRUM.
INSIDE LIP OF DUST COVER FOULING BRAKE DRUM FOR THIS DISTANCE.
NO DISTORTION FOUND ON OFF SIDE CARRIER PLATES.
INNER CARRIER PLATE G 83532
OUTER CARRIER PLATE G 83393
DUST EXCLUDER G 83400
DRAWING CLEARANCE BETWEEN INSIDE OF LIP OF DUST COVER & BRAKE DRUM = .050 - .062
DRAWING CLEARANCE BETWEEN OUTSIDE OF LIP OF DUST COVER & BRAKE DRUM = .054 - .066

Measurements on diagrams:
-.020, -.030, -.020, -.030, I.020, 2.020, .025, .020, .025, .025

ROLLS-ROYCE, L.T.D.
PRINT ROOM.
17 SEP 1936
DERBY.
  
  


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