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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).
Blueprint specifications for a Valve Spring for a Cylinder Block.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\2\  scan0041
Date  19th June 1935
  
MODIFICATIONS SHEET
DATE SGN
LENGTHENED 1m/m, SCHEDULE 4955 12.12.30 AA{D. Abbot-Anderson}
50+/-7 LBS To 50+/-9 LBS 19.6.35 BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}

Handwritten notes:
Stress closed 46.5
open 75.0
due 87.5

C=6.95 1C=12.23
due length
d^2=.691
Mean dia .885 it into 8 1/2
d^3=.00246, d^4=.000330

Table:
SECTION OF WIRE: 0.135"
No OF FREE COILS: 7
* INTERNAL DIA: 19 m/m .750 n
* RATE: 99 LBS. PER INCH 91.6
FREE LENGTH: 55 m/m 2.170
FITTED LENGTH: 42 m/m 1.655
* TO EXERT 50 +/- 9 LBS AT 42 m/m
TO WORK SAFELY AT 34 m/m fs{F. Steele} = 79,200 LBS PER SQ. INCH 1.340
* SOLID LENGTH NOT TO EXCEED 30.5 m/m fs{F. Steele} = 87,500 LBS PER SQ. INCH 1.203
HAND OF SPIRAL: UNIMPORTANT
FINISH: NATURAL
* IMPORTANT

Handwritten notes (circled):
set of head 47.2 stress 52.4
open 76.1 85.3
due 98.7 99.4

Handwritten notes (boxed):
830
HILLMAN
12HP

Stamp:
HUMBER
HILLMAN
26 JUN 1936
COVENTRY

Title Block:
DRAWN
TRACED: DL.N 12.12.30
CHECKED: G 12.12.30
PASSED
SPEC.
NOTE - ALL UNLIMITED MACHINING DIMENSIONS TO BE WITHIN +.200 m/m -.200 m/m
f MACHINED FINISH
H HARDENED
G GROUND
MACHINE ALL OVER
m ROUGH MACHINE FINISH
HEAT TREATMENT: AS DELIVERED
WEIGHT: LBS OZ
ROUGH
FINISH
MATERIAL: STEEL SPEC. AERO QUALITY
FORM: FIN
SECTION
LENGTH
COMPNT: CYLINDER BLOCK
PART: VALVE SPRING
NUMBER: P35762 A
  
  


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