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).
Instruction to minimize the stock of valve guides and ensure future manufacturing accommodates asbestos valve washers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 106\5\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 30th August 1930 | |
| BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} γ 5060 x5060 x7060 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}3/MJ.30.8.30. Will you please see that the Repair Dept requirement stock of valve guides is kept to the minimum and in future, quantities that are manufactured should be made to take the asbestos, valve washers. (40/50 E.80301, 20 HP. E.56050). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||