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).
Diagrammatic sketch of the oiling system used for connecting rod rig tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img349 | |
| Date | 14th March 1933 | |
| HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 963 DIAGRAMMATIC SKETCH OF OILING SYSTEM USED FOR CONN: ROD. RIG TESTS. Vickers-Potts Cooler Oil Relief (A) Valve To press gauge By-pass Lower Scavenge Pump From Crankcase Main Pressure Feed to Main Bearings Supplied Direct to N:5 Main Bearing Electrical Immersion Heater Oil Container Non-Return Valve (B) By-passed oil to crankcase. Compound Oil Relief Valve Low Pressure Feed Main Pressure Pump Note :- (A) Oil Relief valve in the Scavenging System set at 30 Lb / □". (B) Non Return Valve Renders the scavenging "by-pass" device inoperative when main pressure pump functions normally. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD PRINT ROOM MAR 20 1933 DERBY. D.S.R. 14.3.33 | ||