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).
Letter to The Packless Gland Co. Ltd. regarding an order for bellows, discussing specifications, and seeking pressure ratings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 152\1\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 3rd April 1933 | |
| x832 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les.20/KT. April 3rd 1933. The Packless Gland Co. Ltd, Windmill Road, Sunbury, Middlesex. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter dated March 4th, and have been interested with your remarks. You will have now received our order for 9 bellows to Ex.10836. This bellows is used in a unit especially designed to compress the bellows. The drawing has been made from your sample bellows. Where the free length of the bellows is .600" the compression length should be approx. .450". We did not know how you proposed to secure the larger diameter end piece to the bellows. Having now received your bellows to F.100773, we find that our guess was not correct. We leave the question entirely in your hands as to the best method of attaching the bellows to the end piece. We should like to mention that we are pleased with the finished appearance of the 8 bellows you have sent us and only hope that your price for supplying these in quantities will compare favourably with other manufacturers. Can you give us any idea as to the maximum pressure we can use inside the bellows? Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||