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).
Crankshaft oiling schemes, comparing the continuous oil feed of the Bentley system against the Phantom scheme.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\5\ scan0077 | |
| Date | 11th October 1934 | |
| X 217 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/12/KW.11.10.34. Crankshaft Oiling Schemes. As discussed with you, we prefer the continuous oil feed for engines which run at high speeds. On the whole the present Bentley lubrication system is very satisfactory. When we tried the Phantom scheme on the Bentley we had repeated big end failures on the test bed. We will endeavour to make some quantitative tests to see how much oil is passed by the two schemes respectively. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||