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 Vandervell Products Ltd. regarding progress on thin-layer and three-layer bearings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\2\ scan0531 | |
| Date | 28th February 1940 | |
| 1020 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/MB. 28th. Feb: 1940. G.A.Vandervell, Esq., Messrs Vandervell Products. Ltd., Western Ave., Park Royal, London. W.3. Dear Vandervell, I would be glad if you would keep me in touch with the progress being made on the thin-layer Babbit steel bearing in the States. We shall not change from the three-layer bearing for a long time, since any standardisation test takes us practically two years but we are interested in keeping abreast of general progress. I believe we also are able to give you an approximate figure of merit for a bearing fairly rapidly. We can accomodate different dimensions most easily on our big-end bearing and we send you a print of the present three-layer bearing, which we should like to replace with any new type. I enclose a photograph of a little excursion we had last year. I believe I forgot to give you a print at the time. We expect Sleator to be over in about ten days. Yours sincerely, | ||