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List of required motors, bedplates, and a generator for various test rigs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 159\6\  scan0077
Date  9th April 1940
  
Bm/CH.14/JD. {J. Draper - Frames} 9.4.40.

List No.2.

New motors and bedplates.

Fan belt, fan, and water pump test rig. - 25 H.P. variable speed D.C. motor on wheels and two 6' x 4' bed plates. (8 H.P. motor and blower required for this rig is in existance.)

Endurance tests on valves, springs and seats. - 10 H.P. variable speed D.C. motor and bed plate.

A 65 H.P. D.C. generator should provide sufficient power for both of the above D.C. motors and the 40 H.P. motor on the single cylinder test bed.

Bm/C.Weston.
  
  
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).


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