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).
Machining progress of 50 valves made from Firths Special Valve Steel and the testing of additional steel bars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\1\ scan0035 | |
| Date | 19th February 1924 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X1474 SFT{Mr Swift}6/EMM.19.2.24. RE. FIRTHS SPECIAL VALVE STEEL. ------------------------- The 50 Valves now being machined in No.2 Shop will be finished, we hope, some time today, and we shall be in a position to hand these over to the Exptl. Dept. early tomorrow. I have instructed No.2 Shop to hand these to Mr.Coverley. In the meantime we are testing the additional bars of steel, and assuming tests are satisfactory, we shall commence forging again today, and a further supply should.be ready for machining in a few days. SFT.{Mr Swift} | ||