(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00084A000200040036-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: August 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2000/09/07 : CIA-RDP63-00084AO00200040036-2
Light Metals (A British Journal)
August, 1955
Foil 'Hill in Hungary
An aluminium foil rolling mill now being fitted out in Kobanya,
Budapest, Hungary, will eventually cover all domestic require-
ments for the food and chemical industries and do away with the
need for imports, the newspaper Szabad hep reports,
The plant (supplied by ktobertsons, of Bedford, England) includes
two-high aluminium rolling mills with rolls 330 by 900 mm., suitable
for rolling foil up to about 650 mm, wide-there being one roughing
mill designed for a rolling speed of 50/150 m./mina, driven by a
variable-speed motor developing 50/150 hap, at 350/1,050 ropomo, and
a finishing mill with the same rolling speed range, but the motor
power for this mill is 35/105 h,p, at 350/1,050 r,p,m, There is also
one washing mill for a final pass on the finished foil, and to remove
the lubricating oil which is applied to the rolls of the roughing
and finishing.
It is designed for a rolling speed of 90 mo/mine, and is
driven by a 25 hap, motor at 960 r.p,m,
#he new factory?s pre=tensioning machine was supplied by the
Czechoslovak Skoda works,
The plant is highly mechanized, only 20-22 men being required
per shift, 'Pest rolling is due to begin on August 20, knother
foil rolling mill was opened at the i?,atyas Hakosi works in Budapest
early this year.
Approved For Release 2000/09/07 : CIA-RDP63-00084AO00200040036-2