CKD MACHINE FACTORY MODRANY AT KOMORANY: PRODUCTION/LABOR LAYOUT/DETAILS OF THE OXYGEN SECTION

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• Publication Date: February 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
TNI2 DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Of THE UNITED STATES. ^ITIIIN THE MEANING OF TITLE It. SECTIONS 713
AND 164. Of THE U.S. LOGE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR SEVS.
LAT10W Of ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT SY AN UNAUTIIORI SCO PL5004 IS
F-ROMIDITE0 BY LAW, f Of THIS REPORT It f7GHISITED.
SUBJECT CKD Machine Factory Modrany at Komorany: Production
Layout/Details of the Oxygen Section
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DATE D I STR . a Feb 1954
NO. OF PAGES 7
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REPORT NO.
he ClOD Cesl'omoravskr Kolben Danek) Machine factor Komorany,
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located near Modrany is now
known as Clil Machine Factory Modrany and will be called by that name throughout
the report_7
2. "This factory was built in 1918. It was originally a rolling mill for iron sheets.
3. "It is located on the northern side of the town of !{omorany. The main side of
the factory is fenced by a wall 2.20 n; high. The other three sides are surrounded
by a wooden fence two m high.
la.. "Thr :factory owns a railway line which links it with the main railway station in
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"The road from Modrany to Zbraslav runs near the factory. From Modrany to the railway
line the surface is asphalt. From the railway line to Zbcuslav the surface is
sand.
6. "The production of this factory includes:
(a) Oxygen - 100 cubic meters per hour, i e about 15,000 cubic meters per week.
(b) Acetylene gas ;'lighting gas' - svitiplyn).
(c) Pipe Lines for water conduits.
(d) Valves (ventil).
25X1 7. "he rive-Year Economic Program was fulfilled ?)5;;: The worst operated
section is the pipe line section.
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8. "The factory is well supplied. with all kinds of raw materiel,. There has been no trouble
in mr.intaining the supply.
9. "The acetylene gea section ccneumesI:1200 kg of carbines Lsi7
':Ui~ment
10. "The factory
sower
11. "The factory
Distribution
machinery :Ls obsolete.
receives its electric
D
line production
12. "The entire pipe
are exported only to
"The oxygen is sent to the CKD i>la:ny the CE]) .[.ibex, the tetra-Smichov 'railway truck
factory', the Smichov brewery, the MMQdransky t",ukrovaa sugar factory, the Modrany liquor
factory etc. The, only production of!: -the factory that has been returned as of bad quality
has been the oxygen.
Labor
15. "The factory employs 1500 workers, of whom 120 are women _. The women work mostly in the
offices.
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'?7? 'The foremen and mi esters in the j'a,ct.: y are y;.;vmg fe12.ci,? ,.o h've good political
education but lack' technical Y.no 1ec:,ge, " lenty of the workers he,ve n;>re technical
knowledge than the' so.called foremen.
.1.8. "Workers in the oxygen section, if chey worked every -:uncaay also, earned 3200 - 3400 Kes
per fortnight in the old currency ' prior to reform of 30 May 5,2/ . In other sections of
the factory the men received 4500 Cps rer fortnight in the old currency, the women
2000 1(cs .
19. 'The working morale is low because of ,the bri ri vagecc ar::i becaause n great many of the
clerks and officers have been trcirsferzed to v,1i frc.tory compulc;orily. Therefore they
show little interest in the production.
20. "The leading worker's and off'icere live! in is }mt:: any in a vorkero;' quarter eal..le,i
^ulcova Eolonie. The rent of the 'orkeir.s live in rc~gue, elsewhere in Fomorany,
and. in Modrany and Dobris
21. "Most of the worker' and officers eat at the factz~ry canteen, where the food is not good.
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is exported to Hungary and to the USER.
the l' USSR,
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22. "There are no political prisoners working in this factory.
23. "The workers are made to take part in so-called voluntary brigades, mostly inside the
factory in the sections which are 1 ing in their quotas for the five-year plW . Other
workers were employed at the Ridka State Farm: .,,,t %,,i .-u t, ,
24. I there were seven Stakhanovite workers, who had fulfilled the daily working norms
1 The relation between .he average workers and the Stakhanov;tes_was very bad.
Political Education
25. "The factory workers who are members of the CP or of the Czechoslovak Youth Organization
(CSM) receive obligatory education two hours per week.
26. "The most dangerous CP members in the oxygen section Iwere Simon Jakubek, Vaclav
Subrt and Josef Haka.
Security
27. "There is one gatekeeper in the gatekeeper's lodge. There are fire-fighters on guard
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28. "The workers' militia consists of 100 men. They drill with rifles but do not carry them
while on guard. The rifles are those of the regular army.
29. 'There have been no strikes or cases of sabotage in this factory The
most vulnerable points in the factory are the oxygen section, the gas worse the
'Armaturka', the section for turners, frazers and borers ~Jo 18.,Enclosure (A)7, ' the
railway line and the pipe lines.
30. The following legend applies to Enclosure (A):
"1) The railway line toward the railway station in Mbdrany.
2) Pipe lines
3) Water tanks
4) Pumps Zn-ot on sketch]
5) Depot of pipe lines
6) Gatekeeper's room
7) Administration building
8) Garages
9) Gas works for the production of acetylene
10) 'Armaturka'
11) Electric welding
12) Grinding of valves (ventily)
13) Control of the valves ventil) under water pressure
14) Painter's workshop
15) Electric workshop
16) Offices
17)-18) Turners, frazers, borers
19) A small locksmith's workshop
19a) Apprentice's workshop
20) X-ray control of valves and other material
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22; Joiner's workshop
23) Depot for wood
21i.) Joiners' workshop
25) Former boiler house
26) Tinsmiths' workshop
27) Depot fo the oxygen section
28) Depot for coal
29) Depot for oxygen and ammonia
30) Chimney
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Painting workshops
v urzxers ^ workshops
L.Iectrical welding
production of oxygen
Boiler house
oxygen tanks
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^ small workshop
Fire fighters' depot
::orkers' mess hall
Canteen
Kitchen
t roduct:L-.n of pipe lines.
?)epot of coal for the TdT,-,e line section
:.,uL ? denot
31. The following legend applies to
;'Ad'oxygen section
1) ne machine for the coroc?uct
Vienna. This sr;nchire is or
Machine for the nroc_uction
r'iennt. . rai:ucing "-0 cubic
~l )
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71
.nrk ng tL,ble
Vienna.
meters per hour.
Cleaning station, year of
jr ',.coa_)recsor, '3 stage',
::iu?th can 1-,hein.
1r?nce wheal
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on of c>:ygen, year C~f 1ira'3uction 1931 by the Hour:r; r.
if, oxygen, year of x>roduction ' 1918, by thle luu 'man
meter':: of oxygen per hour, %4.22 % pure.
es can work. it is not ? ~ritit~l.e to produce oxygen
me, because they are connected with only
one roc t rc: r s;,>r
r c' compresbor, year of ; roductica 19 31, tinusm'1n firm,
production 1913, Lurth-am Rhein, firm, pumping 30 cubic
oduction 1913, :?urth am Rhein.
50 cubic metiers per hour, year of :reduction 1913,
t -e air #'rcm the Jlst
Absorbtion t wer fcr oa-rbon
? r. 1?t r e for the air.
t> t - ; 'new, oxygen section
i'.lee" ric engine for the cor..T?-
13 i Distillation stove for the p
1.1? t:sne machine, type '(..4 701 Yen
changer". It produces 70 -
15) A machine which helps to dri
am Main, type 70.
36) compressor r-roducing 40--,
c?;r_t.lon J91i.1 , nkft:rt am M
17) '.: =,nk for dist-- fled water.
CQ?1?U2'PSfiP}-?, ;lllilpinF !
r.:cy one of there two mrchii
both. llnrnchinen, r..t the same t:
.r rtn'cfurt nn m:y in, 1 14 7I .
c' ric engine floor the ... y!x
rorc:,be
r trace ?
d.io::ide? yer.r of
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refs :r :_f he ]]'.'.+ oxygen t3ectit3n, yew-:' o prodl.ucti';!! 19i4. .
Oc uction of distilled water.
of, production 1CG A, Frankfurt cr'st ."Cain, 'temcerr.ture
75i cubic meters ? cr hour of oxygc,n, 59 . )4 99. "f' 2--ore.
?e', the air co:rz:ree^sc~r, year of i,r o1?.uction 191134, Frcn?cf-.)rt
o 1bic rmrte:rs cif c:?~!,r re:? ed air. r er h~;ur,
oubiC `~'tf.''$ r" hf:L12?~ 'L'UCt'll(')n 1` iris
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Chemical department
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Absorbtion or,,wer. which purifies th
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Depot
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26) Filling stations
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Ramp
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Gas tankleontains 230 cubic meters of oxygen."
ENCLOSURE (:;): Sketch of the CKD Machine Factory h1odrany
(:3 : Sketch of the Oxygen Section of the CKD
Liachine Factory Modrany
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