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).
The unsuitability of aluminium washers for joints and the preference for copper asbestos washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0252 | |
| Date | 2nd June 1937 | |
| Typed text: -2- (5) There is a general opinion in the Depots against the use of aluminium washers for joints under plugs and banjos of every description. The plugs have to be over tightened to make a tight joint. Other manufacturers who do not use fibre washers, use copper asbestos washers which do not require over tightening, and do not tear up when taken apart. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Handwritten text: Dixon. What is the position of Cu A washers. Hives. Production. | ||