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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).
Request to test the reserve strength of EX. aluminium brake drums by fitting a millenite liner.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\1\  scan0093
Date  28th May 1936
  
To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
+206
Ha/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}10/JH. 28.5.36.
Aluminium Brake Drums.
To see what reserve of strength we have in our EX. drums, which are stronger than the N.Sch. drums, will you please shrink a millenite liner into a Front Drum Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}55 with an interference fit of .040".
We would like this as soon as possible.
Ha/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}
  
  


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