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).
Letter from Vandervell Products Ltd. regarding the unsuitability of Sintered Bronze as an inter-leaf material for springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\3\ scan0028 | |
| Date | 7th December 1938 | |
| 1110 VANDERVELL PRODUCTS Ltd. TELEGRAMS & CABLES: STEELBAK, LONDON. DIRECTORS: C.A.VANDERVELL. G.A.VANDERVELL. M.P.FOSTER. TELEPHONE ACORN 2251/2. MANUFACTURERS OF PRESSED BUSHINGS, STEEL BACKED BABBITT & LEAD BRONZE BEARINGS. Patented. WESTERN AVENUE, PARK ROYAL, W.3. STEEL BACK BABBITT LINED BEARINGS HARD ROLLED BRONZE BUSHINGS MPF/AR. 7th December, 1938. Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd, Experimental Department, DERBY. Dear Sirs, Your Reference: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/NRC.{N. R. Chandler}15/JH. Further to your letter of the 2nd instant, and to ours of the 5th, we have taken up the matter regarding Sintered Bronze as inter-leaf material; and the Writer understands that this would be unsatisfactory for springs as it is not sufficiently pliable. If there is any other information you require regarding this matter, we shall be only too pleased to supply it upon hearing from you. Yours faithfully, VANDERVELL PRODUCTS LIMITED, [Signature] Director. [Handwritten notes:] [Top right, diagonal:] AFM{Anthony F. Martindale} [Right margin:] ? WHC [Bottom:] These Croyde people are always pig-headed. Can we have the material regardless of what they think. [The word 'Croyde' is crossed out] [Stamp, bottom left:] THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS LTD | ||