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 ground and cut gears, and an investigation into fitting plain bearings to gearboxes instead of ball or roller types.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\5\ scan0299 | |
| Date | 20th March 1925 | |
| -4- AJS2/DB.{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}20.3.25. work, and one of the first points to be dealt with was the comparison of the all-round relative merits of the ground and cut gears, and it was judged from conversation, that another line of investigation was the fitting of plain white-metalled-lined, pressure-oil fed bearings to gear boxes in place of those of the ball or roller type, it being anticipated that eventually with ground gears the ball or roller bearing noises would finally become unbearable. AJS. | ||