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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).
Test results for a Feuerheerd oil pump at various RPMs and pressures.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149\2\  scan0017
Date  19th December 1927
  
→FEUERHEERD OIL PUMP←

TEST A:- AT 100 R.P.M.
100 R.P.M AT 10 LB/□" PRESSURE, 1 GALL IN { 4 MIN 50 SEC
{ 4 MIN 40 SEC
100 R.P.M " 40LB/□" " 1 " " { 4 MIN 45 SEC
{ 4 MIN 55 SEC
100 R.P.M " 60LB/□" " 1 " " { 4 MIN 56 SEC
{ 4 MIN 59 SEC
20°C. 100 R.P.M " 100 LB/□" " 1 " " { 4 MIN 53 SEC
{ 4 MIN 50 SEC

TEST B:- SPEED AT WHICH PUMP WILL JUST DELIVER
AT 100 LB/□" PRESSURE
80 R.P.M

TEST C:- SPEED AT WHICH PUMP WILL LIFT OIL (MOTORINEC)
3 FT 8 1/2 INS [FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO CENTRE OF PUMP INLET PIPE]
WITHOUT PRIMING. 18°C
80 R.P.M.
IT CONTINUES TO LIFT AT 50 R.P.M.

TEST D:- CHECK DAIMLER RESULTS AT 500, 1000, AND [cut off]
[20°C] 500 R.P.M.
10 LB/□" PRESS: 1 GALL: IN 1MIN 15 2/5 SEC
40 LB/□" " 1 " - 1MIN 16 3/5 "
60 LB/□" " 1 " " 1MIN 17 3/5 "
[24°C] 100 LB/□" " 1 " " 1MIN 16 "
  
  


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