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).
Requesting the preparation of shafts for testing and a comparative report on a new crank.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\2\ scan0146 | |
| Date | 25th April 1940 | |
| - 2 - Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GTS.17/ML.25.4.40. will you please prepare for test, therefore, one shaft for a B.60 and one for a B.40. Finally, having proved a soft shaft, and this type of plug, we would be in a position to sink a die later for producing the complete crank. Will RM{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AML please supply Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} with a report of: (a) Comparative lists of production operations of the existing against the new crank. (b) Cost analysis, with total saving. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GTS. | ||