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).
Performance of submitted brake linings and considering alternatives due to lifespan concerns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\4\ Scan426 | |
| Date | 11th February 1930 | |
| x 7/1 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}1/WJ.11.2.30. With reference to Mr. Bailey's letter, we have run the brake linings you submitted to us for a number of miles and on the whole they have proved very satisfactory. The trouble is that if we are to test the brake lining thoroughly, we have to run it on all our cars for a very long time to get any sort of average result. We think it would be worth while talking to Mr. Bailey about moulded linings as the Ferobestos we are at present using does not give quite the life we should wish. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||