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).
Use of fescolised steel versus Staybrite for exhaust downtake pipes on Phantom II and 20/25 HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\7\ 07-page154 | |
| Date | 8th October 1931 | |
| HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. BY/SS.{S. Smith} c. BY/GS. c. ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} [Handwritten: A5/230] [Handwritten: Y320 X520] BY.3/G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 8.10.31. RE PROTECTION OF EXHAUST DOWNTAKE PIPES FOR PHANTOM II AND 20/25 HP. CHASSIS. You will recollect that during the Conference on the 30th September, a point arose betwixt yourself and Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} in regard to the fescolised steel pipe replacing the Staybrite pipe. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} was in doubt about some question of cost, you cleared the issue by saying it would cost less. A remark was then made by Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} and concurred in by Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} that we should bring in fescolised pipes as soon as our present stock of Staybrite is used up. (a) This note is not in Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}'s minutes of the Conference, although the conversation occurred and the decision was made. (b) We have no standardisation sheet for this, nor have we modified our part list, and the matter is one which certainly demands careful consideration before moving as the action of fescolising is certainly likely to embrittle the pipe owing to the strong etching process which forms a part of the fescolising scheme. You will remember Mr. Hancock's first pipe which was fescolised failed very quickly, and I understood from him very badly when I discussed the matter with him. The second pipe that replaced the first was mild steel, nonfescolised, so from these facts you will see that we need to go carefully. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||