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).
Bearing tests, noting performance and suggesting alternative materials and further testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0347 | |
| Date | 5th December 1935 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/MA.5.12.35. Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Standard bearing, through a reduction gear of 15.66:1 Torque 900 lb ins, armature speed 700 R.P.M. Run under this condition for 5 minutes. BHP. 648. It was noticed that the commutator end bearing ran warm and we suggest that this also could be an "Oilite" bush. It is also recommended that we try out these bearings on our standard P.III motor. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||