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 High Duty Alloys Ltd. discussing the performance of an aluminium tin bearing alloy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 116\2\ scan0119 | |
| Date | 19th January 1939 | |
| 1020a Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/R.{Sir Henry Royce} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}12/R.19.1.39. W.C. Devereux, Esq., High Duty Alloys Ltd., Trading Estate, SLOUGH, Bucks. Dear Devereux, Replying to your letter of January 18th, the present evidence is that the aluminium tin bearing alloy could be run satisfactorily on soft shafts as a big-end bearing. Big-end bearings are, of course, generally speaking, most heavily over-loaded, and, in consequence, this is the situation in which a high duty bearing alloy is likely to be in greatest demand. Howlett will tell you what progress he has made in this respect, as I do not know exactly where he has got to. Yours sincerely, | ||