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).
Forwarding a paper on heat treatment tests for axle springs and the fatigue resistance of spring steels.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 52\2\ Scan289 | |
| Date | 10th November 1931 | |
| 84429. To BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from ROY. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ROY {Sir Henry Royce} 8/MG10.11.31 I am indebted to Mr. Porter, of Messrs. Firth & Sons Tinsley, for copy of a Paper recently read in Sheffield by Messrs. G.A.Hankins, and M.L.Becker, of the National Physical Laboratory, regarding Heat Treatment tests etc., they have recently carried out on Axle Springs. Copy attached - which perhaps BY will kindly pass on, and Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} return to me in due course, as it is only on loan. ROY. {Sir Henry Royce} ENCLOSURE. "The effect of surface conditions produced by Heat Treatment on the fatigue resistance of Spring Steels". | ||