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).
Memorandum discussing engine and chain drive designs, comparing different manufacturers and addressing issues like backlash.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img111 | |
| Date | 23th November 1935 guessed | |
| about 5.7 litres. Of course if we do want an engine it would be cheaper and certainly much quicker to buy a car to which would be attached drawings of the new product. Cadillacs and others are obtaining the correct load on the chain draught n' section system by a high long [illegible]. Now is the enclosing a chain in a bath which *To bad the friction is not increased for old Morse. They say that the Link Belt is better than the Morse chain for continued high speeds & needs no cushioning device. From my addition of one of Jai's cables to CE for drawings in which I note as a chain Believing we think we can get the cam building, I talked to Johnson about chains. He is of the opinion that the trouble is accumulated backlash. Therefore an improved A'de shaft would help. Mr [illegible]'s In his point of view a cast iron box and steel gears would help. In particular he criticises our Simon balance chain and at the bottom as well as the sides. He says even only touch of one blade on More has sufficient oil cushioning. Personally our feel and wonder if the shaft did not stop a few fears from shafting under corner round. His recommendation. | ||