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 a supplier regarding a drawing correction for an angle and faulty scraper rings causing high oil consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\2\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 17th June 1936 | |
| x-236 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}23/KW. 17th June, 1936. The Light Production Co.Ltd., 60/66, Rochester Row, Westminster, LONDON, S.W.1. For the attention of Mr. C.H. Brooks. Dear Sirs, Many thanks for your letter of the 16th inst., and we are very glad that you happened to notice the variation from the angle specified and the angle actually drawn because we have now taken this up with the Design Dept. and find that the specified angle should be 49° and not 41°. We have had the tracing altered accordingly and we are enclosing a corrected print, and should be pleased if you will return the old print so that we can scrap all prints circulated. We are also despatching some rings removed from a unit having a high oil consumption, and would like your comments. You will notice that one or two of the scraper rings are very far from being flat, and we wonder what effect this will have. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||