SOVIET PEAT ENTERPRISES PREPARE FOR 1952 SEASON

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• Publication Date: May 14, 1952
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - Peat, Preparation
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Torfyansya Prosgehlennoet?, No 3, 1952.
SOVIET PEAT ENTRPRT.SRR PREPARE FOR 1 2 SEASON
Peat enterprises of the Ministry of Electric Power Stations USSR successfully
completri the 1951 season with all trusts exceeding the plan for peat extraction.
All peat was dried and gathered and much work was done r' increasing mechani-
zation of peat extraction and preparing peat fields. This led to an increased
output per worker and a decreased production cost. its the f it re addition lete the plan for achievements, the the mechanized try also shoved de Peat,
the intolerably slow introduction of gathering of lamp gent;
pits from stumps in the Gubinski excavators and cranes for clearing hydropeat
Koss nano peat ente rises, ; the u' Shatura, ntruton, fathe3y, and
ro unsatisfactory
introduction of the cycle work
schedule in connection with milled peat exxtraction.
Besides fulfilling the 1952 plan for peat extraction and supplying electric
power stations continuously with peat, workers in the industry are faced with
the tasks of raising the output per worker 15.1 percent above the 1951 plan,
.iinetroodduuoinn new chines, improving work organization, and extending widely
at be increased, new workers. orkers ( This moving the seasonal output of the machines
and the volume of mechanized gathering omp peat conveyer pipes be must be ied. Mille
Milled
peat gathering is mechanized 100 ~ (except for must 00 increased. the
Peat ~sterprise). During 1952, 24e nev,UPF-2 atherl g and tons a hmachines will
be put into operation, and work will be continued on deveel ping andperfwill
the pneumatic method of gathering milled peat, op perfecting
An of 1 March, the repair of peat pumps was completed only 94 percent by
the Ivanovo Peat Trust, and the repair of molding machines was completed only
75 percent in the Kalinin and Gorlkiy peat trusts, 71 percent in the Chernora-
measkiy Peat Trust, and 80 percent in the Kirov Trust. In the Shetura Peat
Trustotheoassembly of peat pump cranes has been completed only 92 percent and
low-pressure pumps 67 percent.
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Equipment for milled peat extraction is being successfully repaired. The
calendar plan for repairing different types of equipment was fulfilled as follows:
caterpillar tractors 100 percent, wheel tractors 104 percent, the UMPF-4 machine
108 percent, +b.- OF machine 104 percent, milling drums 111 percent. These suc-
cesses were achieved because of the correct organization of work of the repair
brigades and an adequate supply of spare parts and materials. Where these con-
ditions were not met, the repair plan was not carried out. Thus the repair
plan of caterpillar tractors was fulfilled only 94 percent at the Yaroslavl'
Peat Trust, 94 percent at the Gor'kiy Peat Trust, 96 percent at the Kirov Peat
Trust, and 79 percent at the Belorussian Peat Trust, while the repair plan for
wheel tractors was fulfilled:94 percent at the Kirov Peat Trust, and 99 percent at
the Pal'tso Peat Enterprise.
The repair of electrical equipment lagged in enterprises of the Sverdlovsk
Peat Trust, where the plat for the repair of electric motors for presses was
fulfilled only 90 percent, the repair of the main motor of spreader machines
71 percent, the repair of power transformers 87 percent, and the repair of
flexible cables 92 percent.
Experience,'for a number of years, has shown that it is possible to start
the production of hydropeat and excavator peat early. The 1951 -R-nn for
bydropeat began 1 - 10 April, which permitted the extraction of 831,000 tons
before the arriva-, of the planned date, and led to the completion of the year
plan ahead of schedule for the extraction, drying, and gathering of peat. If
production of hydropeat is started in March, the frozen surface must be broken
up by the MVM machine or by blasting,
In the 1952 season, 37 TE.2 excavators and 34 KPG-2 cranes, both equipped
to remove stumps and used in connection with the production of hydropeat, should
be reequipped, assembled, and put into operation.
The proportion of mechanized gathering of lump peat should increase in the
approaching season to 21.7 percent as against 5.6 percent in 1951, To this end,
the En erpriaea have been equipped with new UKB-4 machines and power-operated
SKS buckets, The stock of UKB and TUM machines is expanding considerably,
The type of preparation given to the peat fields determines the success or
failure of the machines used in gathering lump peat, In 1951, the preparation
was both too little and too late, and this was one of the chief reasons for the
breakdown of the machines and for their unsatisfactory operation. In the Gusev
Peat Enterprise stumps were uprooted and planning was carried out for only 34.6
percent of the predetermined area. In the Mugreyevskiy Peat Enterprise, stumps
were removed from 40 percent of the area but only 25.7 percent of the planning
was carried out. In the Dunilovs.:;y Peat Enterprise, only 14.6 percent of the
planning was carried out and stumps were not removed from an area of 600 hectares.
If the extraction of milled peat is to be started early, then all equipment
must be repaired at the latest by 10 - 20 April. Field garages must be prepared,
provision must be made for fuel storage and parking places must be provided for
tractors, gathering machines, and trailer equipment. The DVM-.5 machine is im-
portant 'or improved drainage of the milled peat fields.
In 1951, the drainage plan for milled peat fields was fulfilled 110 percent.
In 1952. 51860 hectares are to be drained according to Order No 245 of the Minister
of Electric Power Stations USSR, DVM-5 machines must be prepared for work in
the period prior to the beginning of the peat season, and they must be put into
operation from the first day of the season.
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Milled peat extraction fields must be increased in area as follows for the
1952 season: 200 hectares of new fields in the Chistoye Borskiy Peat Enterprise,
250 hectares in the Smolevichi Peat Enterprise, and 95 hectares in the Bnlaya
Vaka. It is the duty of Glavtorfostroy to complete these fields on schedule.
The UPF-2 gathering and piling machines will work in peat enterprises In
the coming season. Manufacture of these machines is falling behind schedule in
the Ivtorfmash Plant. Glavtorfmash must take measures to speed up the production
of the UPF-2 and the SVF machines and ship them to the peat enterprises before
the beginning of the season. However, not all peat enterprises are in condition
to receive the new machines. At present, the Kalinin, Gor'kiy, Yaroslavl',
Kirov, and Belorussian peat enterprises have prepared their peat fields well for
the new season, but the Leningrad Peat Trust and Tesovo I, its enterprise, have
not carried out the order of Glavtorf and their peat fields have not been made
ready for the operations of the UPF machines.
In 1952, better advantage must be taken of weather conditions to assure an
increase in cycle yield and t: improve the quality of milled peat. To this end,
peat must bA milled only by cycle schedules which should be drawn up for every
UM-4 machine and for every UPF gathering and piling machine.
During the peat seasons, work methods of stakhaaovites not only working at
machines but also doing manual labor must be introduced on a broad scale.
In all sections for the extraction and drying of peat, measures must be
worked out before the beginning of the season to assure the fulfillment of the
plan, the introduction of new techniques, the decrease in labor-consuming work
and production costs of peat, and to guarantee the carrying out of these meat es
by every field, aggregate, and brigade of workers.
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