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).
Test results and average life before breakage for front springs.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 119\2\ scan0020 | |
Date | 26th May 1914 | |
Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Mcrl/L26514. FRONT SPRINGS. Sheet 2 Piece No. | Description. | Time Hrs. Mins. | Results. | Reference. F.4254 | Front Springs (Firth's steel) | 4 - 50 | Broke top plate. | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}10/L18314 " | ditto. | 2 - 30 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}3/L19314. " | " | 5 - 10 | " | " " | " | 5 - 45 | " | Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}10/L18314. Average life before breakage. F4253. Front Spring. 9 hrs 20 mins. Average over one. F4254. " " 6 " 16 " " " 14 | ||