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).
Test results for white metal bearings and proposing further tests on alternative high-temperature bearing alloys.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\2\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 29th May 1935 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X1020 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW. 29.5.35. High Melting Point Close Clearance Bearings. It is evident from the results of Hancock's recent tests, that the white metal main bearings are getting into the same condition as the big ends and that they will not stand high temperatures. We should therefore like to carry on with the tests on Hall's bearing alloy, and also with the high cadmium white metal, with a view to getting something better. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||