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).
Promising results of slipper wheels fitted with cotton duck friction rings and requesting an order for specific models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\2\ scan0179 | |
| Date | 7th November 1927 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Y356 GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}1/LG7.11.27. SLIPPER WHEELS. V5300 The results of the bench tests taken with a slipper wheel fitted with cotton duck friction rings are very promising. We do not get the heavy initial load which is experienced with bakelite or fibre. We should be pleased if you wouldorder for us six sets of this material in the 16 ozs. and 20 ozs. for Phantom and the 20 HP. The piece numbers of the rings are E.70792 and E.53172. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||