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).
Request to machine a second key-way on a crankshaft for testing due to high stress on the single key-way.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\4\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 11th November 1927 | |
| X8010 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/LG11.11.27. X634 CRANKSHAFT TESTS. Will you please machine a second key-way on the crankshaft which we are using for our tests at present. We think this will be necessary even if the taper is made 100% fit as at the present moment the single key-way is stressed up to about 9000lbs/sq.in. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||