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).
Results of endurance and failure tests on various pivot types under different conditions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\12\ B002_X168-page218 | |
| Date | 7th January 1914 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 476 (Four Lines). Names and Indicating letter. A Mr. ADAMS By Mr. BAILEY Ba Mr. BARRINGTON B Mr. BEREND Bt{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} Mr. BURT C Mr. CHAMBERLAIN Co Mr. COWEN Cx{Major Len W. Cox - Advertising Manager} Mr. COX D Mr. DALOOZE Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Mr. DAY E Mr. ELLIOTT F Mr. FRIESE G Mr. GNAPP Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} Mr. HALDENBY Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} Mr. HALLAM H Mr. HANBURY J Mr. JOHNSON JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} Mr. JOHNSON'S Secretary K Mr. KILNER Mac{Mr Macintosh} Mr. MACINTOSH M Mr. MOON Na{Mr Nadin} Mr. NADIN PN{Mr Northey} Mr. NORTHEY O Mr. OLDHAM Pa{Mr Paterson} Mr. PATERSON EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} Mr. PLATFORD Ro{C. C. Rose - Export Manager} Mr. ROBINSON R Mr. ROYCE RS{Sir Henry Royce's Secretary} Mr. ROYCE'S Secretary JR{Mr James Royce} Mr. JAMES ROYCE Sn{Mr Sanderson} Mr. SANDERSON LHS{Lord Herbert Scott} LORD HERBERT SCOTT S Mr. SPINNEY V VIENNA Wa{Mr Wallis} Mr. WALLIS Whr{Mr Wheeler} Mr. WHEELER Wd{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Mr. WHITEHEAD Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Mr. WORMALD Initial of person addressed: Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 7.1.14. DaS/06114 Contd. In another test over obstacles (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}1/L5713) and F.3372 type pivot ran for 1810 minutes and was not even out of truth at the conclusion. In a frame bumping test (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}5/C201113) and F.3253 type pivot cracked in the U section after 12 hours 37 mins. In other frame bumping tests (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}23 M1111213 and Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L271113) F.3372 type pivots broke in the stub at 7 hrs. 57 mins. and 6 hrs. 3 mins. respectively. In another report (Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}5 L51213) pivots F.3697/8 broke in 12 hrs. 27 mins. and 15 hrs. 32 mins. respectively. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||