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 The S.U. Company Ltd. concerning pumps with bent blades and blade supports, and enquiring about quietened pumps.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\1\ scan0335 | |
| Date | 30th September 1936 | |
| X1263 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}31/KW. 30th September, 1936. The S.U. Company Ltd., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. For the attention of Mr. Skinner. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 29th inst., regarding the bent contact blade supports. We understood that this practice had been discontinued subsequent to the visit Mr. Hancock and I paid you. However, we have written to Mr. Hancock, enclosing a copy of your letter, and will find out exactly what the position is, trusting the matter will be finally cleared up. We should be interested to know the actual number of pumps returned to you with faults directly attributed to bent blades. We appreciate your position with regard to the guarantee, but must point out that only those pumps giving trouble in service have been altered in this way. We should be interested to know how you are progressing with the quietened pumps, and also when you will be in a position to supply the G.J diaphragms. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||