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 from The Hoffmann Manufacturing Co. Ltd. regarding a satisfactory review of drawings, with a suggested deletion of the limit on the inner race.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0307 | |
| Date | 5th May 1937 | |
| THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING Co, Ltd. BALL AND ROLLER BEARINGS STEEL BALLS AND ROLLERS CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TELEPHONE: 3151 (5 lines) CHELMSFORD TELEGRAMS: HOFFMANN CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5th EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE AND WESTERN UNION (5 LETTER) Handwritten: 1300 MESSRS ROLLS-ROYCE LTD., DERBY. CHELMSFORD. 5th May 1937. YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FGH.3/BJ. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. JED/SLS.DO. 99263.A. Experimental Dept. Handwritten: FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 1st May attaching copies of your drawings Nos. F.61467/8/9, and F.61470/1. The limit on the inner race should be deleted, the overall width being governed by the width of the outer race and protrusion. Otherwise, everything is quite satisfactory. Assuring you of our best attention at all times, We remain, Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. | ||