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).
List of discussion points for wartime production and development, page 2.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan317 | |
| Date | 26th October 1939 guessed | |
| (2) (11) Bevel Gear Grinding. Discuss need for and means of obtaining straight bevel gear grinding machines for Wartime production. (12) Material Control. Review the work of the controllers of aluminium forgings, castings and steel. Discuss policy to adopt in dealing with these controls. (13) Material Supplies. Confirm the collaboration in material supplies. (14) Service and Maintenance. Discuss policy in Wartime. (15) Repair Engines. Consider policy of engine repair in Wartime. (16) Apprentices Training. Discuss the question of training as affected by present conditions. (17) Employment of Refugees. Refer to employment of Polish or other foreign engineer refugees. (18) Fuel Injection - 2-Stroke and 4-Stroke. Discuss progress and future policy. (19) Compression Ignition. Discuss policy relative to Air Ministry. (20) Altitude development. Possibilities of increase of rated altitude requirements for War purposes. (21) Exhaust Turbo Blower Development. Discuss position of this relative to War requirements. (22) Callendar Cable Company's Research Lab. Ask B.A.C. if willing to cooperate on a joint research on ignition cable and moulded insulators to be under-taken in this Laboratory. (23) Stressing of Airscrew Shafts. Discuss figure for stressing airscrew shafts relative to maximum rate of term, and whether there should not be one standard for Fighters and another for Bombers. | ||