ECONOMIC - MACHINERY AND MACHINE TOOLS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 171
• Publication Date: August 30, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICF'')N
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Yugoslavia DATE OF
SUBJECT Economi^ - Machinery and machine tools
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Belhxado
DATE
PUBLISHED 9 Jul - h Aug 1949
LANGUAGE. Serbo-Croatian
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METAL CT.'!'A2Co.; MILL ROLLERS MADE -- Rad, No 184, 4 Aug 49
- The,F&brika Mlinekih Strojeva (Mill Machinery Factory) in Stupnik, with the
made in Yugoslavia. It has now completely supplanted similar machines pil:;aiou31y
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The Faorika Mlinslih Str,^jjva is also making mill rollers, which formerly
were imported from Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Tests on casting and cooling,
the most difficult processes involved; are now being made. The first mill roller,
which will be the first ever made in Yugoslavia of Yugoslav materials, will be
shown at the Zagreb Fair.
The Fabrika Mlinskih Strojeva is the only factory in the Balkans building
grain elevators several stories high. The first one has been installed at Sv.
flare, neat Zagreb. The largest grain elevator in the Be]" has been com-
pleted and installed at Zalog near Ljubljana. A still lamer one, the largest
in Central Europe, is now being built at Zrenjanin. The Fabrika Mlinskih
Strojeva is now making grain elevator equipment to be installed in other parts
of YugoslaviaC
ROLLING MILL DNDER CONSTRUCTION -- Borba, No 7.71, 2C Jul 49
The first sheet-iron rolling mill ever made in Yugoslavia is now under con-
struction at the "Ivo Lola Ribar" Plant. It will be oue of the largest aid
most perfect rolling mills in Central Europe. Most of the rolling mills to
Yugoslav ironworks are old models, of insufficient capacity, with poorly made
equipment, co that even the heaviest work ofteu has to be done by hand.
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The party of the rolling mill are being made in the Jesenice Ie'oIIVmC~Cb'r
while the most ',Gmplicatsd and skilled finishing is being do.1e at "Ivo Lela;
Ribar,"
will be light enough for easy portability because of tLe porous oonstraotice of
certain parts: This feature made 'the -processes of stamping and casting snob
Within a few days the first series 'of machines for the production of rsU
road ties will, be completed at "Ivo Lola Ribar." The machines are being BAs
Yugoslav materials according to original plans made at the factory. The?mao0iam'e'
Other new machines for Tua6slav industry now being made at "Ivo Loia
file grinder will work rods in ironworks more accurately. A special grinder
for rails will speed and, improve the process of drilling holds in rails.
Machines for making pipes of centrifuged concrete are being made. Giant
shears, eccentric presses, friction presses, shears for sheet metal, and power
hammers arc now in serial production. Many parts for water turbines rnd gen-
erators are produced in the"litostroj" Lnd "lade Koncar" plants and sent to
Ribar" include the prototype of the firstYugoslav plane for ingots. Ingots
are now processed by,a slow and primitire 'process in Yugoslavia. A special pro-
MODERN ROLLING MILL FOR JAPORNIK -- Politilm, No 13296, 22 Jul 49
Jeaenice -- A new roiling mill for thick plate, one of the largest of its
kind in the Ballmr_e, will be put into operation at Javornik this year. The
large electric motor that will operatetthe mill will be completely installed by
the beginning of October, half a year earlier than foreign technicians estimated.
The machine room and the generator room have already been completed.
The new rolling mill will bo made of materials produced in Yugoslav factories
under the direction of Yugoslav experts. Cast-iron parts weighing over 60 tons
will have been cast in the Jesenice Ironworks for the first time in Its history.
The final processing of those parts will be done in the "Ivo Lola Ribar" plant.
The installation of the electric motor was to have been done by Italian
technicians, but they propoaec an gma,ceptable time limit, May 1950, and in-
sisted on the constriction of a much larger building for the motor. Now all the
work will be done by Yugoslav technicians and by the and of the year.
The heaviest part of the motor, weighing over 110 tons, is already in place.
It was handled by a crane built in the Jesenice 'ronworks.
BOR SMELTER NOW HAS A CONV R1' -- Rad, No 184, e Aug 49
A new converter (a furnace for casting steel) has just been put into opera-
tion at the foundry of the Bor mine and smelter. The converter was built at
Bor of Yugoslav materials.
Previously there was no furnace for casting steel at the mine, and all
steel mftchine carts had to be imported or made in other enterprises. Thus, the
repair of an excaantor in a surface mine might require 6 months or more. At-
tempts to forge steel parts proved impractical.
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Constru_tion of the couvarter was begin oarly in 1949 and consumed 2y ,;;
voluntn-y working hours: The orvsrte^ showed good results in testa, althoug#~;
Operation of the : (ierter is expected to save over 3 million dinars per'
NEW FOR1IACR I1Q.:,LOV iiN1AN 3NEEL'IER -- Rad, No 184, V Aug 49
Maribor -- O i August, a furnace for smelting lead was put into operation
at the e lter at the Mezice lead mines. the, new furnace was built by workers
FURPACE AT MERCURY MINE RECONAPPIONED Borba, No 161, 9 Jul 49
until 1918 when it was abandoned because of serious defects in construction.
,Daring processing, 50 - 60 percent of the mercury would be lost,-and the escaping
gases were a me'ace to the health of the, workers.
The Austrian expert who had built the furnace, and later Italian experts,
tried in vain to find the trouble. Finally, a; engineer at ti.e Idrija mine
succeeded in locating the defect and repal:ing it, so that the furnace is now
operating normally.
On 3 July, the reconstruction of the Large,"Spirek III" production fur-
at the mercury mine at idrija was completed.
This furnace has been installed in 1914 by an Austrian firm. It operated
&XPANSION OF METAL PRODUCTS PLANT -- Borba, No 161, 9 Jul 49
The "Alekeandar Rankovic" Metal Industry Combine has now opened two new
sections. The combine now has a first, third, fourth, awl fifth plant. Pleat
No 2, the enameling plant, i3 not operating. The equipment foi this plant was
to have been delivered by Hungary under the terms of the investment agreement
of 1947, but it has never arrived.
installation and radio mechanL s will be manufactured at the factory this year,
formerly imported, have been made at the plant, and the production of adjustable
various kinds of wrenches for industrial use and general consumption, ?rhieh al-
The sprocket chain Factory in Leece in Slovenia, which specializes in making
NEW PRODUCTS PROq METAL FACTORY -- Dorba, No 161, 9 Jul 49
NEW FOUNDRY AT SERBIAN METAL FACTORY -- Borba, No .64, 12 Jul 49
On 6 July, a new foundry was put into operation at the "Istok" Metal
Products Enterprise in Nis.
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CEMENT FACTORY 1NCREF ES PRODUCTION BI NLW Id9PEnTIONS -- Barba, No 16
q Jul tag
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production capacity by about 25 percent. A new, fine,st8e1 8.xle zA fmill 11 the first of its kind ever mada in v.nri.,,a. -
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ar a i. ahead. of because of practical new 1wenti nn-
The
"A.P," Metal Products Enterprise has succeeded in building Diesel
engines of 6 to 9 horsepower. It is now engaged on the production of 40-
horsepower Diesel engines.
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the cement lost which formerl escaped. sne rur moes, )Wet df
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coneer ed.
Ohl TYPE CF CONCRETE MIRE - Bcwba, no 166, 14 Jul 49
mixer. Its gCeiLt adTant --- ----j- uauacrmsa ?RS ou11L a new aonoTete
rage over these now in use is that it both *ixee and
transports concrete. This mixer will be serially produoed at the "14 oktpbn
Factory.
'ACTOR' MAC DIE L EnGJAES -. Rac1, lio 1.65, 13 Jul 49