SOVIET BEARING PLANTS SAVE METAL, CUT COSTS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700180258-5
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 258
• Publication Date: May 17, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION cotrFlDEiITInt,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INF ?~MATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
LANGUAGE
Economic; 'fectmological - Bearing industry
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 28 SeP-3 Dec 1953
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
HOW
DATE DIST. / 7 May 1954
N0. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOVZLT EE/1RI27G PI.Ai1T5 S.~VE bL`TAL CUT COSTS
I~CHP.19I7.E PROCESSES AT FIRST B&"LiING PL,~]T __ Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda,
30 SeP 53
Plantlhnshorpanizedmtxoths, tt:e forge shop of the bfoscow First State Dearing
E profile rolling of ~7 types of inner and outer bearing
rings.
The plant as a whole has used 3,000 tons less high-alloy steel in 1953
than it did in 1952 for an equal volur..e of production, and plans to save 700
more tors of metal.
Afoscow, Jechern~aya b;osY.va. 22 Oct 53
There are now three automatic transfer machine lines in the automatic
lathe shop of the 1??osco:r First estate Dearing ?lant. In the next few days, all
60 machine tools in this shoo will receive oil from n central lubricating
system.
Moscow, Zzvestiya, 19 t7ov 53
The Moscow First State Hearing 'lant has set up thx?ee of the 11 constant-
flow lines planned for the automatic lathe shop. Such automatic constant-flow
lines have a daily capacity of ?aore than 20,000 rings.
Small Series Shop Pto 3 is making hearings for rolling mills, for blooming
mills, and for machines and units used in #~e petroleum industry. The shop is
now working on sphex?ical roller bearings for-'24-cubic-me+,er excavators. Great
accuracy is required in the production of these 800-kilograml~penrings.
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Roller bearings made by the plant are being tested on passenger and lreight
care and on 'diesel sad electric locomotives of the Northern end Ootobes railroed
systems. Equipping all rolling stock xith these bearings would reduce toasumptlon
of fuel and electric power by railroads eight to ten times.
PRODUCE CONSUMER GOODS -- Moecox, Vechernyays Moskva, 3 Oct 53
The consumer goods shop of the Moacox First State Bearing Plant makes equip-
ment for the furniture, sexing, and canning industries.
LINE POLISHING DRUMS WITH RUBBER; REPAIR HEARINGS -- Hoecov, Vechernynya
Moskva, 9 Oct 53
P. M. Shulitskiq, chief mechanic of the Moacov Bearing Repair Plant, uses
old inner tubes from passenger plane tires to line drums used for polishing
bearing balls. The rubber linings reduce noise in the polishing shop and lest
as long as a steel drum (3 weeks). The rubber linings coat only 50 rublee~ vhila
the steel drums made of sheet steel 8-L2 millimeters thick coat 500 rubles.
Moscow, Vechernyava Moskva, L2 Oct 53
In October, the Moscow Bearing Repair Plant will repair 3,000 be:riage for
farm machines. These bearings have out-of-round and 'tapered rings and vote for-
merly melted dove a6 scrap. Repair of these bearings will cave $ tone of ex-
pensive bearing steel.
Sdorkers oP the chief mechanic's division and the tool shop ere eomp]Ating
a conveyer that will mechanize labor-consuming operations in the eonveyeACa and
assembly of bearings.
The assembly shop is completing experimental work on dry assembly of bear-
ings. Dry assembly will save large amounts of gasoline sad kerosene and will
improve working conditio^s.
In October, the plant shipped thousands of assorted bearings to [G1eY]
Mashsbyt (Main Administration of Sales, Ministry of Machine Building). A laT$e
part of these bearings have bee. yipped to t?IPS.
COhL?LETEa 9_MO~g PLN'1 __ Mosco>:, Vechernyays Moskva, 20 Oct 53
The Moecox Second State Bearing Plant completed its plan for the flret 9
months of 1953 on 19 October. On 1 October, the plant completed Ste 1953 plan
for farm machine spare parts.
Moacox, Vechernyaya Moskva, 1 Dec 53
The Moscow Second State Bearing ?lint produces bearings 18-450. millimeters
in diameter.
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MECHANIZE BEARING OUTPUT -- Mnsco:r, Pravda, 28 SeP 53
At the Sverdlovsk Baaring Plant, a group of workers headed by chief tech-
nologist Kitayev has set up an automatic transfer machine line for making
rollers. Three grinding machines in the line formerly turned out 3,500 rollers
a shift and required three operators. flow the three machines are operated by
one man and turn out 13,000_15,000 rollers a shift.
A second automatic transfer machine line is being set up. This 1".ne will
grind rollers of many different types.
PROMISE EARLY PLAtd FULFILLhL~'NT __ Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 12 Nov 53
Wox?kers of the ball shop of the Kharkov Bearing Plant have promised to
fulfill their 1953 Plan by 15 December, to reduce losses due to rejects 70 per-
cent as compared to 1952, and to reduce the production cost of bearings 12 per-
cent.
MINSK BEARIIIO PLAP7T __ Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 3 Dec 53
The Minsk Hearing Plant makes ball, roller, and other types or bearings.
In 1953, the plant organized the output of large-size bearings and roller bearings
used in rail transport, Two brigades at the plant have been honored by the
Ministry of 1+Iachine Building USSR.
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