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 - Chair} 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. | ||
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).