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 Hoffmann Manufacturing concerning revised prints and the supply of initial sets with specific axial interference.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0313 | |
| Date | 28th May 1937 | |
| THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING Co., LTD. HOFFMANN Registered Trade Mark BALL-AND-ROLLER-BEARINGS STEEL-BALLS-AND-ROLLERS CONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY, WAR OFFICE AND INDIA OFFICE. BRANCHES: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, GLASGOW. AGENTS IN PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. TELEPHONE 3151 (5 lines) TELEGRAMS HOFFMANN. CHELMSFORD CODES USED: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION, BENTLEY PHRASE, MARCONI AND WESTERN UNION 5 LETTER. CHELMSFORD. May 28th 1937. MESSRS. ROLLS ROYCE, LIMITED, DERBY. [Handwritten] 1300 [Handwritten] HARDY YOUR REF. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FJH{Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}/5/AP IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE OUR REF. JHW/EH. DO. Dear Sirs, We thank you for your letter of the 26th May, reference as above, and revised Prints FW. 905, FW. 910, and FW. 911. As arranged during your visit to our Works, and discussion with our Technical Manager Mr. C.H. Smith, we are supplying the initial sets with an axial interference of .0005 to .001". Assuring you of our best attention at all times, We remain, Yours faithfully, THE HOFFMANN MANUFACTURING CO.LTD. | ||