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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).
Diagram and tables showing wear test results on a Bakelite oil pump's casing, spindle, and bush.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149\2\  scan0206
Date  12th April 1939 guessed
  
BAKELITE OIL PUMP - WEAR ON CASING, SPINDLE & BUSH.

DIAGRAM LABELS:
BUSH
SPINDLE
E, F, G, H, P, Q, R, S, T

TABLE 1: BUSH IN CASING | SPINDLE IN CASING
TOTAL TIME RUN-HOURS | EE1 | FF1 | EE2 | FF2 | GG1 | HH1 | GG2 | HH2
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.0002 | -.0002
2 | -.0001 | +.0001 | +.0001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.0002 | -.0002
52 | +.0006 | +.0007 | +.0005 | +.0006 | -.0002 | -.0001 | -.0002 | -.0002
152 | +.0009 | +.0012 | +.0010 | +.0010 | -.0003 | -.0002 | -.0003 | -.0003
652 | +.0011 | +.0014 | +.0011 | +.0015 | -.0005 | -.0003 | -.0005 | -.0005

TABLE 2: CASING DIMENSIONS
TOTAL TIME RUN-HOURS | SS{S. Smith} | RR | QQ | PP | TT
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | 0 | -.0001 | -.0001 | -.0001 | 0
52 | +.0005 | +.0004 | +.0001 | -.0002 | -.0013
152 | +.0005 | +.0004 | +.0001 | -.0001 | -.0013
652 | +.0002 | +.0003 | -.0002 | -.0003 | -.0018 TOH + .0002

TABLE 3: DEPTH OF CASING
TOTAL TIME RUN-HOURS | AT BUSH | AT SPINDLE
0 | 0 | 0
2 | 0 | -.002
52 | -.001 | -.0012
152 | -.001 | -.0012
652 | -.001 | -.0010

FIG III c.
  
  


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