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 lubrication of the cam for the ignition make and break on the Goshawk II engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan191 | |
| Date | 31th March 1922 | |
| To EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to CJ. c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to Hy. {Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X3485 E3/M31.3.22. X.3485. GOSHAWK II. LUBRICATION OF CAM X.4357. FOR IGNITION MAKE AND BREAK. With regard to the first item on your report attached to EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} /HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /LG29.3.22, it is important that we should immediately try the fibre blocks for the make and break arm on the ignition tower. It is presumed that in the case of the bakelite dilecto blocks we have been using, the grain of the material has been round the right way, that is in the plane of rotation of the cam. We are at the moment engaged on seeing what can be done with the scheme of lubrication. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||