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).
Index of reports regarding tests on engine bearings, oil pressure, consumption, and temperature.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img314 | |
| Date | 15th January 1933 | |
| -7- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/ps.1/KT.15.1.33. oil pressure should not be greatly exceeded with whitemetal bearings. ------ BEARINGS. V.1813. Dry sump method of test. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}Fr.39. Oil Consumption Curve. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}951. Falcon. Heat to oil, reduction when heat is kept off the pistons. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}952. Whitemetal bearing temps. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}953. Centre bearing temps. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}954. Oil temp. tests on road. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}955. Photograph of spray in oil pump. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}956. Oil consumption with flow through bearings. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}957. Heat generated by work done on oil by Peregrine oil pump. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}959. Peregrine oil temperatures on the road. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}960. Improvement in bottom half cooling due to turbulence, also Petter cooler characteristics under increasing flow. ------------ Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/ss.{S. Smith} | ||