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 modify a 20 HP gearbox for use in a shock absorber test rig.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 55\4\ Scan256 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1928 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} x235 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rml/LG3.9.28. x5310 We wish to use a 20 HP. gearbox fitted directly to the Royce motor in order to drive a shock absorber test rig. The direct drive shaft to the gearbox will be coupled to the flywheel and the reduction in bottom gear is sufficient to enable us to get all that we want. Attached are sketches of the bits we require to enable this modification to be carried out. We should be obliged if you would put them through as soon as possible. The only large piece is the casting which we think should be simplified as far as possible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||