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).
Letter from a supplier regarding a delay and material issues with an order for four Nitralloy Crankshafts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0169 | |
| Date | 26th June 1929 | |
| COPY From: THOS. FIRTH & SONS LIMITED Norfolk Works, SHEFFIELD June 26th.1929 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd DERBY Dear Sirs, Order No.88064 of 25/3/29 We have received your letter reference ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/DN/BH. of June 24th, with regard to the above-mentioned order for four Nitralloy Crankshafts. When we wrote to you on the 15th ult. we fully anticipated being able to adhere to our delivery promise of 3 - 4 weeks, but regret to inform you that since writing our letter referred to, owing to the fact that the material from which these crankshafts were manufactured has not proved to our entire satisfaction in the case of three of the crankshafts concerned, we have decided to replace these with material from a further cast; One of the crankshafts is almost completed which we hope will be entirely satisfactory, but as a safeguard we are preparing sufficient material to manufacture four complete new crankshafts. We very much regret the delay which has occurred in the production of these crankshafts, but feel sure that you will appreciate that whilst we are satisfied Nitralloy material will be of great advantage to you in the future for the manufacture of many component parts of your Aero and motor car engines, we fully realise that your requirements must be of the highest possible quality, and we are therefore particularly anxious that any material which we supply in the initial stages of development must be correct in every detail. The position of Nitralloy was recently discussed with Mr. Bailey when he visited our works, and we presume that we are correct in our assumption that whilst you are anxious to try this material for certain specific parts, the question of urgency is not of such importance, and that therefore you would prefer that we should, if anything, err on the side of special care in production, at the possible expense of time of delivery. (1) ENCLOSURE Nº 362 "JUSTSO" | ||