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 a supplier regarding bellows units failing gauge tests and discussing manufacturing limits.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\2\ scan0187 | |
Date | 10th February 1934 | |
Telephone: SUNBURY 406. Codes: BENTLEY'S, WESTERN UNION. Telegrams & Cables: PACKLESS, SUNBURY COMMON. THE PACKLESS GLAND CO, LTD. MAKERS OF THERMOFLEX DIRECTORS: M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} PAYNE. W. A. {Mr Adams} PAYNE. W. F. {Mr Friese} F. {Mr Friese} MARTIN-HURST. Bellows and Shaft Seals. THERMOFLEX WORKS. W.M.H/GN: Windmill Road, Sunbury, Middlesex. Your Ref: Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Les. 7/KW: February 10th, 1934. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd. DERBY. LES Dear Sirs, Bellows Unit - F. {Mr Friese} 85395. We thank you for your letter of the 9th Feb. We note that 27 out of 43 did not pass your gauges. We are afraid that when we wrote to you on the subject of limits we were unable to say how many of the units already delivered were fitted with bellows which were made to our gauges. As we are using ring No and No-Go Gauges for the outside and plug gauges for the inside, we do not think that there is any possibility of any further bellows being sent to you which are not within the allowable limits. We are obliged to you for arranging to keep those which do not at the present moment pass test. Thanking you. Yours truly, THE PACKLESS GLAND CO. LTD. W.Martin-Hurst. Director. | ||