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 the performance of high lead content Halo 3 brake linings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\4\ scan0060 | |
| Date | 4th October 1937 | |
| MOTOR EXHIBITION CARS & BOATS OCT 14-23 EARLS COURT OUR STAND No. 230 FIRST FLOOR. 1181? BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS LTD. SCANDINAVIA MILLS. CLECKHEATON. TELEPHONE CLECKHEATON 318. TEXTILE BELTINGS. BRAKE & CLUTCH LININGS. ASBESTOS GOODS. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., DERBY. 4th October, 1937. File Dear Sirs, Attention of Mr. A.F. Martindale. We thank you for your letter of the 2nd instant, from which we are pleased to see that the two sets of high lead content Halo 3. are shewing promise as regards freedom from brake squeak. We also note your suggestions regarding the addition of some oxidising agent for the lead, and we are giving this our immediate consideration. We hope to revert to this matter again in the course of a few days. Yours faithfully, For BRITISH BELTING & ASBESTOS Ltd. [Signature] Research Engineer. EWS/MAF. | ||