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 to Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd. requesting an experimental gearbox assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\2\ scan0029 | |
| Date | 27th January 1939 | |
| 1153 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}11/MH.{M. Huckerby} 27th. January, 1939. F.O.Hickling, Esq., Messrs. Ransome & Marles Bearing Co. Ltd., Newark, NOTTS. Dear Hickling, We want for an experimental gearbox an assembly of rollers and cage to run on a shaft .875 diameter. The rollers should be 5/8 square and the heads of the rivets securing the cage countersunk. We think it possible that this might be part of a standard heavy inch size bearing. If you have to make one up for us can you do this fairly quickly. For the job in hand we are proposing to locate the assembly not by the rollers but by end location on the cages. We should like to have your views on this. Yours sincerely, | ||