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).
Experiments on moulded commutators using asbestos fibre and a commercial report on Mouldensite powder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\5\ Scan103 | |
| Date | 18th July 1922 | |
| X 4333 To R. {Sir Henry Royce} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} c. to CJ. c. to E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to FN. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/T18.7.22. X.4333 - MOULDED COMMUTATORS. We have your note Rl/M15.7.22. Experiments will be made to find out whether the material deteriorates and shrinks, both when the alternative filling of asbestos fibre is used and when not. Regarding your fourth paragraph, I have asked Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} to make a report of the commercial position of Mouldensite powder, which report he has handed over to me to be attached to this memo. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} Att. ROY {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} 3/RJ18.7.22. | ||