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).
Visit to Esso Research Laboratories, detailing research on fuels, oils, corrosion, and engine type testing.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan235 | |
Date | 15th May 1939 guessed | |
28 impressed, saying that the oil was very dirty and sludgy. A short visit was paid to the Esso Research Laboratories at Bayway. Dr.Miller, Mr Kunc, and Dr Leland showed us over the laboratories. A great deal of work is being carried out on fuels and oils on cars, automobile engines, truck diesel engines and single cylinder aero engines. A CFR Motor has been run with an induction pressure of 92" Hg absolute. The Underwood Corrosion Test Machine was examined. This gave rather erractic results until a technique was evolved to ensure uniform conditions and perfect cleaning between tests, and until iron pipes were substituted for copperm which had a catalytic effect on the oil. Very good correlation with engine results is now being obtained. There is a laboratory with every known type of film strength testing machine. A lot of work is being done on E.P. lubricants but no very definite conclusions have been arrived at yet. Dr.Leland thinks that a promising oil can be evolved by doping a Voltol oil to prevent corrosion. The Laboratory has a library containing about 5,000 Works and 15,000 bound Periodicals. About 400 periodicals are taken and there is a staff of twelve extractors, several of whom are doctors, some able to read Russian and Japanese ENGINE TYPE TEST An important point was raised by Mr.Nutt on the question of test conditions. In the U.S. Type Teste are run on the ground at actual rated altitude power, except in the case of the most highly supercharged engines. The Type Test is of 150 hours duration as follows:- | ||