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).
Quotations for Brake Drum Castings from Wm. Mills & Company Ltd.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\1\ scan0063 | |
| Date | 4th April 1936 | |
| X-206 To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from ROY.{Sir Henry Royce} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ROY{Sir Henry Royce}12/MG6.4.36 We give below particulars of quotation we have received for Brake Drum Castings EX.20720 and EX.21590 ex Messrs. Wm. Mills & Company Ltd. EX.20720 ............ Castings 22/6d Each (fins cast in) Dies approx. £75. EX.21590 ............ Castings 20/9d Each (fins cast in) Dies approx. £65. We understand the sample Brake Drum submitted by Messrs. Wm. Mills has proved unsatisfactory under test. We have already given you particulars of the Brake Shoe Castings made by the British Piston Ring Company Vide ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms18/P of the 10th instant, and we now await your further advice. ROY{Sir Henry Royce} Att. Copy of Memo ROY{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms18/P.10.3.36 | ||