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 a load test on a stiffened tin lever for a B.V. Shock Damper to determine the failure point of a brazed joint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\3\ scan0150 | |
| Date | 14th June 1939 | |
| 449 To HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/WB.{Mr Brazier/Mr Bell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale}18/JH.14.6.39. Tin levers. B.V. Shock Dampers. In an effort to make the brazed joint fail we bent a tin lever by a load of 360 lbs. at 10" radius. Will you please stiffen the bent lever and then see what load at 10" radius causes failure of the brazing. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/AFM.{Anthony F. Martindale} | ||