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 British Belting & Asbestos Ltd. regarding woven cotton servo linings and riveting suggestions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 141\3\ scan0008 | |
| Date | 10th April 1930 | |
| EDD X3409. BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS Lᵀᴰ TELEGRAMS SCANDINAVIA LONDON TELEPHONES HOP 6071-2-3-4 HALO NON-METALLIC CLUTCH AND BRAKE LININGS SCANDINAVIA COTTON CONE LINERS AND BONNET LINING MINTEX STANDARD WOVEN TYPE CLUTCH & BRAKE LININGS WORKS CLECKHEATON YORKS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO HEAD OFFICE 59 SOUTHWARK STREET LONDON. S.E.1. AUTO DEPT 10th.April 1930. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ld., Expl. Dept, DERBY. Ref.HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ. Dear Sirs, With reference to your letter of the 7th.inst., regarding the woven cotton servo linings, our Works inform us that they cannot improve upon the material at present being supplied without vastly altering its characteristics in other respects. The difficulty you are experiencing can be quite readily overcome by adopting the suggestion made by our Mr. Dalmaine, i.e., by using a smaller taper headed rivet and putting only a very slight taper countersink into the fabric and pulling down into a slight spherical depression formed in the back plate. Yours faithfully, BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS Lᵀᴰ R.{Sir Henry Royce} Hill MANAGER, AUTO DEPT RH{R. Hollingworth}/EEB. | ||