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).
Experimental testing of a third-party worm drive axle on a dynamometer, suggesting it may fail.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\6\ B002_X 140 141 157-page229 | |
| Date | 1st February 1928 | |
| To Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} X141 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RnS/LGL. 2.28. WORM DRIVE. X141 X4536 With reference to the attached. This axle would only be useful to us if we could run it on the dynamometer. It is the only intensified means we have of testing axles. From the experience of the Stutz worm drive axle, we anticipate that it would not stand up to the test and we might damage it. If the owner is willing for us to put it through this intensified test we think it would be quite worth while to loan him an axle whilst we utilise his experimentally. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||