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).
Listing die castings and requesting a design permanence review.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\4\ scan0092 | |
| Date | 4th April 1938 | |
| 1202 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Les.{Ivan A. Leslie} AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} FJH.{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} NRC.{N. R. Chandler} Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} RC.{R. Childs} FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rml/R.4.4.38. Herewith is a list of Die Castings which are on the point of being put in hand. We shall be glad if you will look at the drawings in question, and see whether, in your opinion, the piece is sufficiently permanent in its design to justify dies being sunk. We should like you to reply by Wednesday of next week:- DW244/5 - Bearing Bracket EW1109 - Coil Platform EW1335 - Bracket EW1404 - Oil Filter Cover. EW1419/20 - Centre Bearing EW1430 - End Cover EW1432 - Rocker Cover EW1447 - Filler EW1551 - Cover EW1698 - Casing EW1699 - Elbow EW1731 - Bearing Housing F61493 - Bracket. FW575 - Bracket. FW290 - Support. FW291 - " FW324 - Bracket. FW576 - Oil Filler. FW610 - Bracket. FW611 - " FW719 - Packing. FW1078 - Centre Stiffener. FW1079 - Pads. FW1080 - Distance Pieces. FW1116/7 - Blocks. FW1227/8 - Plates. FW1362 - Distance Blocks. FW1427 - Quadrant FW1626 - Inside Bracket. | ||