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 Borg & Beck acknowledging a complaint about insufficiently countersunk rivet heads on a clutch plate.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 129\1\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 28th December 1936 | |
| Telegrams BORGANBECK, LEAMINGTON SPA. 1110. Telephone LEAMINGTON SPA 1550-1. BORG & BECK COMPANY LTD. MANUFACTURERS OF CLUTCHES. Registered Office BROCK HOUSE, LANGHAM STREET, LONDON, W. I. WORKS: Tachbrook Road, LEAMINGTON SPA, Warwickshire. Directors E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} B. BOUGHTON. W. EMMOTT. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. BROCK. Your Ref: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Smth.16/AP. Experimental Dept: Our Ref: TS/HTB/MBI 28th December 1936. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., DERBY. Attention Mr. F.Ll Smith. Dear Sirs, We have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst, and note your remarks relative to the Friction Facing Rivet Heads not being sufficiently countersunk, and that you are arranging to return under separate cover a 10" Driven Plate, typically representative of your complaint. We shall be pleased to examine this immediately upon receipt. When visiting your Works in the near future, as referred to in our letter of the 23rd inst, will discuss this matter in greater detail. Regretting any inconvenience that this may have caused, we are, Yours faithfully, BORG & BECK COMPANY LIMITED. H.T. Barker H.T. Barker. | ||