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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).
Blueprint and data table showing wear measured during endurance tests on a 'Wraith' Bakelite oil pump cover.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149\2\  scan0204
Date  12th April 1939 guessed
  
COVER - 'WRAITH' BAKELITE OIL PUMP.
WEAR MEASURED DURING ENDURANCE TESTS.

[DIAGRAM OF PUMP COVER WITH TWO CIRCULAR RECESSES LABELLED A, B AND C, D]

TABLE:
| TOTAL TIME RUN - HOURS | DRIVING GEAR BUSH. | DRIVEN GEAR BUSH. |
|------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| | AA{D. Abbot-Anderson} | BB | CC | DD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | -.0003" | 0 | -.0001" | +.0004" |
| 52 | 0 | +.0007" | +.0002" | +.0001 |
| 162 | +.0002" | +.0020" | +.0003" | +.0002 |
| 652 | +.0002" | +.0030" | +.0004" | +.0002 |

FIG III A.{Mr Adams}
  
  


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