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Letter from The Mond Nickle Co. Ltd., London, to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley Motors:...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/73

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Reference
PA1716/5/3/73
Title
Letter from The Mond Nickle Co. Ltd., London, to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Cracked Nimonic 95 turbine blades in the Sapphire VI
Date
1 May 1953
Description

It appears that one blade failed completely after only about ten minutes running at very moderate temperature

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
AS Sapphire/Nimonic 95 corr
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/433cae65-2214-4d05-956f-685c13a58f92/

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Letter from The Mond Nickle Co. Ltd., London, to Mr Chapman, Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Cracked Nimonic 95 turbine blades in the Sapphire VI