Early Warning Alarms: Bleeding Bolts

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

236

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Early Warning Alarms: Spark Check
2. 2Early Warning Alarms: Underwater Canary
3. 3Early Warning Alarms: Bleeding Bolts

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Prevention is better than cure... a simple early warning system can mean that trouble - or even disaster - can be averted. Throughout industry metal fatigue can cause sudden, unexpected failure of vital components. In the world of aviation it can spell disaster. But fill essential parts, like bolts, with a red dye - and from the moment a crack develops they’ll begin to bleed - warning of imminent failure.

Researcher Comments

Story also appears in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 305’

Keywords

Aircraft; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/236

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Laurence Williamson

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Film Archive

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British Film Institute (BFI)

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