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).
Requesting an examination of a badly scored and partially seized big end bearing to determine the cause of failure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0176 | |
| Date | 21th January 1938 | |
| 1020 To H1. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}6/AP.21.1.38 This memo to confirm that you will examine the big end bearing handedto you in all respects to try and find the reason for the badly scored and partially seized surface. This is No.6. bearing in A.C.6. machined from a billet in the normal way, and has run 2 hrs. endurance at 4000 r.p.m. on No.2. unit. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||