Testing of aluminium alloy bearings for camshafts to save weight.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 43\3\ Scan172 | |
| Date | 8th April 1928 | |
| +4003 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} RG. {Mr Rowledge} c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Fl. R3/M8.4.28. ALUMINIUM ALLOY BEARINGS. X.3032 X.4093 I quite agree with Mr. Hall that these should be tested. We are using them for camshafts and would like to know much more about them. It will always be with a hard or soft steel shaft. My hope and object is to save weight. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).