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 Birmingham Aluminium Casting Co. Ltd. seeking clarification on a gudgeon pin design for piston drawing E.60632.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\3\ scan0201 | |
| Date | 9th February 1937 | |
| Files 1286 THE BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) COMPANY LTD. BIRMID WORKS BIRMAL SMETHWICK BIRMINGHAM Telephone: SMETHWICK 1213-6 Telegrams: 'BIRMAL SMETHWICK' OUR REFERENCE APF/MOT. PISTON.B. YOUR REFERENCE Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Mths{Reg Matthews}/17/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} February 9th 1937. MATTHEWS Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. Dear Sirs, With further reference to your letter of the 3rd. enclosing your piston drawing E.60632, we regret not having mentioned before that we are not fully conversant with the type of gudgeon pin you use for this particular engine, that is to say, is the pin locked in the small end of the connecting rod, or do you use a fully floating pin with end pads? If the former, we should be glad if you would let us have a sketch of this to enable us to quote immediately our designs are completed. Yours faithfully, FOR THE BIRMINGHAM ALUMINIUM CASTING (1903) CO LTD. MANAGER, PISTON DEPT. LONDON OFFICE: ABFORD HOUSE. WILTON ROAD. S.W.1. Telephone Victoria 1620. | ||