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Use of an 'Alemite' type grease lubrication system for the Goshawk 11 chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 76\4\  scan0277
Date  25th April 1921
  
To Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to CJ.
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
c. to E.O.

* X4337

E3/G25.4.21.

X.4337 RE GOSHAWK(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11 CHASSIS LUBRICATION. X.4219

In connection with Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) 11, kindly note that for those parts which require lubrication by grease, Mr. Royce wishes to use the "Alemite" or some similar system, in which a screw syringe charged with grease is soupled up in turn to various points requiring lubrication on the chassis.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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