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).
Letter to Rolls Royce of America regarding the potential supply and production difficulty of fabric friction discs for damping flywheels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\4\ scan0106 | |
| Date | 16th March 1928 | |
| c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8300 16th. March 1928. BY17/G.16.3.28. Messrs. Rolls Royce of America, Inc. Springfield, Mass. Dear Sirs, FABRIC FRICTION DISCS FOR DAMPING FLYWHEEL. Referring to your letter in which you pointed out that you think you have found a source of supply for these pieces, which would be produced in the first place as a woven annular ring, we are of course intensely interested in this matter, and would like to have a number of discs, say a gross, immediately they are available. The question of weaving a form of this description has always been a difficult one, andwe do not know of any one in this country who have laid themselves out to produce these discs without a join and without loose edges. Yours faithfully TECHNICAL PRODUCTION ENGINEER. FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||