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 from British Timken Limited regarding the examination of bearing No. 35175-35326 and a request for a mounting print.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 114\1\ scan0211 | |
| Date | 6th June 1939 | |
| 1015 BRITISH TIMKEN LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF TAPERED ROLLER BEARINGS ALSO BALL AND PARALLEL ROLLER BEARINGS TRADE MARK: TIMKEN LONDON OFFICE: 10, MAYFAIR PLACE, LONDON, W.1. TELEPHONE: GROSVENOR 2944 TELEGRAMS: "BRITIMKEN·PICCY·LONDON" REGISTERED OFFICES AND WORKS: CHESTON ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, 7. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY. DIRECTORS M·B·U·DEWAR CHAIRMAN A·J·M·DUNCAN F·J·PASCOE TELEPHONE: EAST 1321 (6 LINES) TELEGRAMS: "BRITIMKEN·PHONE·BIRMINGHAM" YOUR REFERENCE Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}2/MH.{M. Huckerby} OUR REFERENCE EHD/CH. Auto. Division. 6th June, 1939. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. Attention - Mr. S. H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Grylls. Dear Sirs, Confirming our telephonic conversation of this afternoon and in reply to your letter of the 1st instant regarding bearing No. 35175-35326, we thank you for agreeing to send this bearing to us for examination and report. We also thank you for your promise to send us a print showing the mounting of the bearing, and on receipt of these we shall be pleased to let you have our full comments, when we have had an opportunity of examining same. We confirm also that we have no other bearing in this series with a stronger outer race, but we will look into the question of an alternative bearing with an equivalent capacity. * The bearing should be addressed for the attention of our Service Department. Yours faithfully, for BRITISH TIMKEN LIMITED [Signature] Technical Department. | ||