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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).
Proposal to trial Olive joints on gallery pipes as a cost-saving replacement for brazed joints.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 132\4\  scan0222
Date  2nd August 1939
  
1124?

By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}

Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}4/R.2.8.39.

Now that Olive joints have been accepted
for high pressures, we are proposing to try them out on
the gallery pipe, and everywhere else where there is a
brazed joint, with a view to saving money.

Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  


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