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 Toledo Woodhead Spring Co. regarding the testing of graphite impregnated Tufnol spring interleaving.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\2\ scan0196 | |
| Date | 18th August 1939 | |
| 1305 EXPERIMENTAL DEPARTMENT. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HPP.1/JH. 18th. August, 1939. Toledo Woodhead Spring Co.Ltd., Toledo Spring Works, SHEFFIELD.1. For the attention of Mr. Woodhead. Spring Interleaving. Dear Sirs, We are obtaining some graphite impregnated Tufnol interleaving, and will forward this to you as soon as it arrives in these works. We should be grateful if you would carry out tests with this interleaving to determine whether it has a satisfactory life with regard to both wear and creaking. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. | ||