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 Leyland Motors requesting information on cylinder materials, wear, and testing methods.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\3\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 16th November 1936 | |
| H27 1207 Experimental Department Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}12/AP. 16th November 1936. Messrs Leyland Motors Ltd., Leyland, LANCS. For the attention of Mr.V.W.Pilkington. Dear Mr.Pilkington, Mr.Robotham has asked me to write to you with regard to cylinder materials and cylinder wear etc. We should like to know what you consider to be the best material at the moment from a wearing point of view and also the best material for withstanding corrosion effects of combustion. We should like particulars of metals suitable for casting of complete cylinder blocks and for metals suitable for engines using liners. We are also particularly interested in any method of predetermining the possible wearing properties of cylinder materials without having to do lengthy experiments, do you know of any reliable method or any quick test we could do.? Have you tried upper cylinder lubricants and what effect have they.? Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||