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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).
Comparison of S.M.M.&T and R.R. standards for Dynamo Brush Design.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 60\1\  Scan122
Date  18th September 1929
  
RR 238 (150 BKS.) (DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 461-8-12 24) MP 306975
X8673
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To E F C.
Order No. PD 40.
Customer's No.
X 8673. Standardised Details of Dynamo Brush Design.
Below are given the dimensions, etc, of a dynamo brush suitable for a machine of the RR 40/50 type; these dimensions having been adopted by the S.M.M.+T as standard for that particular class of brush.
For comparison, a corresponding set of brush details, representing RR standards for the 40/50 dynamo brushes, are given.

Detail | S.M.M.+T Standard. | R.R. Standard.
--- | --- | ---
Brush. | |
Grade. | Electro-Graphitic | Electro-Graphitic
Length. | 1.0" | 1.075"
Width. | .875" | .498"x2
Thickness { Main | .375" | .280"
Thickness { Control | .1875" | .187"
Chamfer. | .040" | .031"

Signed
Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  


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