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 unsatisfactory performance of fan belts composed of leather and grey fibre links, noting elongation, breakage and vibration issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\3\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 20th October 1920 | |
| c o p y. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} C. WD.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} X.3566 X.3438 EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}7/F20.10.20. The fan belts at present fitted to chassis, which have links composed of leather and grey fibre, are very unsatisfactory, the hole in the fibre portion of the links elongating and in numerous cases being broken through. Furthermore, when the belt is adjusted to the correct tension there is a very objectionable period caused by it, which can be felt right through the chassis. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}/Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} | ||