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).
Introducing Stabilite moulding for switch barrels to save time and money.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 49\5\ Scan258 | |
| Date | 4th April 1921 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to [strikethrough]CJ[/strikethrough] " " [strikethrough]WOR {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} [/strikethrough] " " [strikethrough]EFG.[/strikethrough] X428Y R7/G14/4/21. X4287 RE STABILITE MOULDING OF SWITCH BARREL. X 35/3 X2494 With reference to the stabilite moulding as carried out at our Derby Works on the little switch barrel, I hope Mr. Wormald will arrange to have this process introduced at once. It would seem to me that it should save time, and money, and inconvenience in sending parts away. One feels sure that this class of moulding will be useful, as well as the bakelite (or condensite) which has the great advantage of giving a highly finished article direct from the moulds, which appear to need hardening and highly polishing to give a very high finish. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||