Catalogue description Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: National Engineering Laboratory: Registered Files (X Series)

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Reference: DSIR 69
Title: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: National Engineering Laboratory: Registered Files (X Series)
Description:

This series contains registered files in the X series that relate to a project initiated by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and later continued by the Ministry of Technology. The project was to promote the development of improved machinery for the UK machine tool industry, and commenced in 1962, under the title of the Staveley Machine Tool Project.
Date: 1962-1967
Arrangement:

In former reference order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: X file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 2 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 1980 Department of Industry
Accruals: Not accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Staveley Machine Tool Project commenced in 1962 with the signing of a contract between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Staveley Industries Limited, for the development of "a multi-purpose machine for boring, drilling, reaming and milling" (also known as a "universal milling machine"). The project was funded by a grant from the DSIR (later Mintech) and the work was carried out at the Staveley Research Department (George Richards and Company Limited) at Clapham, Bedfordshire. The project was supervised by a Project Officer based at the NEL in East Kilbride, Glasgow, which also carried out tests on samples of milled material submitted to them by Staveley. The contract between Staveley and the DSIR/Mintech was determined in 1967 and the project terminated, after the performance of the completed milling machines was found to be inadequate.

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