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 about a special fine mesh fabric 'Fabroil' gear blank being sent for testing due to excessive wear on a previous part.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\1\ scan0193 | |
| Date | 22th December 1936 guessed | |
| THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON COMPANY LTD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS. SUBSIDIARY OF ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES, LIMITED. REGISTERED OFFICE: CROWN HOUSE, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.2 HEAD OFFICE: RUGBY WORKS: RUGBY, WILLESDEN, BIRMINGHAM, COVENTRY, CHESTERFIELD. TELEPHONE: N.O 2121 EXT. YOUR REFERENCE- OUR REFERENCE- INDUSTRIAL SALES RJC. TELEGRAMS: ASTEROIDAL, RUGBY. CODES: A.B.C., BENTLEY'S, MARCONI, SCHOFIELD'S, WESTERN UNION Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. ATTN: MR. F.J. HARDY, EXPERIMENTAL DEPT. Dear Sirs, FABROIL GEARS With further reference to our letter of November 21st. We have now pleasure in sending you under separate cover a gear blank that has been made up from a special fine mesh fabric material, which we would like you to try out. The gear the writer brought away with him from your Works has been carefully examined in our Laboratory, but we find nothing wrong with either the material or manufacture that would account for the excessive wear you experienced. As we believe there is a definite possibility that the fine mesh fabric material illustrated by the sample we now send you may resist wear to a greater degree than our standard material, we trust you will be able to finish off the wheel and subject it to a concentrated test alongside a wheel in our standard fabric such as we regularly send you. A report on your findings after the test has been completed will be very much appreciated by us. Assuring you of our hearty co-operation at all times. Yours faithfully, J.S. RAMSDEN, MANAGER - INDUSTRIAL SALES per:- R.{Sir Henry Royce} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Chapman RJC/BM [Handwritten Note] 1155 F.J.H - We ought to try & get one of these on the Continental engine 16th December Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||