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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).
Balancing of a crankshaft and the scheme for balance weights.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\2\  Scan139
Date  20th October 1931
  
HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} } FROM R.{Sir Henry Royce}
BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} }
C. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} WOR.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}

COPY.

X7010.

R7/M20.10.31.

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X7010
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BALANCING OF CRANK - 12/8
SCHEME OF BALANCE WEIGHTS.

I cannot see any reason why it should not be easy to balance a crankshaft which has been machined all over, when one has added the two central and the two end balance weights which naturally come in right positions and have been made of equal effective balance.

Static balance should shew if the four half units at 30° are correct in weight distance from the centre.

R.{Sir Henry Royce}
  
  


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