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).
Use of aluminium welding for a lightweight Duralumin-panelled body.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\2\ scan0254 | |
| Date | 8th March 1940 | |
| - 2 - Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/ML.8.3.40. If aluminium welding is as satisfactory as steel welding, then possibly the best way to make a very light body at a reasonable price, would be to have a Duralumin framework with Duralumin panels. The assembly would then be all spot-welding. In this connection we should like to know the cost of assembling aluminium panels on the present steel shell. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||