ANTIFRICTION BEARING INDUSTRY IN EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100590007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR. 24 September 1953
East Germany . NO OF PAGES 2
E'';EC'( Antifrirtion Bearing Industry in
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In late 1952 and early 1953, the average monthly production of DKF - Deutsche
Kugellagerfabrik on Gutenbergstrasse, Boehilitz--Ehrenberg. which was the only
plant of the SAG Awtowelo dissolved on l May 1952 to amain unr'er Soviet control
amounted tc 400 tons worth 4,200,000 eaetmarks.. In early 1953, the
p;Lant was equipped exclusively with old machine tools. According to the 1953
plan, the plant was to be considerably expanci4d .. No preparations for this
planned expansion could, however, be observed prior to late February 1953, The
expansion of the plant would necessitate the purchase of the adjoining area as the
area r - the plant is too small. Prior to late February 1953, the management
of the plant had, however, not attacked this problem. The plant, mainly produced
bearings of the series 6200; 6220, 6300; 632C; NUL, NIL, NUPL, EUM, NIM, NUPM
types cylindrical rc".ler bearings with holes of 20 to 160 mm; and some types
of self-aligning ball bearings including series 1205, 1.216, 1305, 1314; self-
iligning roller bearings of the series 22216, 22222, 22308, 22336; needle
roller bearings of the pfd 20-120 types; and QA and Q radial thrust ball
bearings (Querlaengslager) for aircraft engines with holes of 20 to 1,000 mm
In early 1952, the total labor force of the plant totaled 2,600 persons.
The DKF-Leipziger Kugellager Fabrik Werk II on Naumburger Strasse in Leipz.i,.
was a branch plant of the DKF in Boehlitz-Ehrenburg and served mainly as rr-
p.ir shop for large roller and cylindrical roller bearings and as a turning and
grinding plant for the main plant. It had a labor force of about 300 p,;ree ns.
According to the regulations of the ei ve-Year=Plan, the expansion of '.` e
VI:'U-Waelzlagerfabrik in Fraureuth is to be concluded in 1954. No Inforiration
was available on the present ste e of the expansion. Since faccordina to the Five=
'par-Plan, this plant was scheduled to have a labor force totalling ().000 workers
wheat completed in 1952 and,in early 1951, had a labor force of 2,000 persons,
one-third of the planned capacity of the plant was c;;;,pleted
at that U e.
4-- The ,plant produced bearir.ns of the series 6204, 6212, 6304, 63121 and some types
of the series 6400 and. 6C01 X. In early 1952, the r..onthly output wnc 30,00() to
35%'-Y. Y. bearings. This production could, however, be ine,easec without difficulty
to 100 CCC bearings,,if the scarcity of steel Lubes could be rercved.
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In late 3(157', high s,cision roller bearing-i with hole: of 1C to 55 m and ex-
ternal dsn,neters of 2 to 120 mm were produced with an annual output of 12,CO
bearings. In 1951, Sehacc (fnu), the manager of the plant, succeeded in pzroducirqm:
ball bear?in s casings of plywood pressed by high pressure. The use of ;;I:rw oc j
which. allegedly proveg. more resistant than metal for cesings, permitted G.he savinv, of
large qua.ntitie:: of non-ferrous metals
In ,Tanua : y 1953, the 0entt a1 Institute for Roller Bearing Engineering of the 1 .Ai -
ntry for P;achine Building was established in Fr. &ureuth.
7. The V F2 Gdaelzlager Fabrik in Perlin-Lichtenberg produced small ball bearings of
the 620] y 6205, 6313, 6305 types and some snail cylindrical roller bearin s with
a sole u p to 25 m m . No i nfarm tion was available on the output. The labor fore of
mss plant amounted to 200 persons
was available on the Kugellagerfeibrik in Erk-Aer.
~; . The VEE TKV - Thueringer Kugellagej? Fabrik in Zella 1 ehlis produced ball bear ng s
of E5, E13, BC15, L 17 a, EL 4-9, R. 4-9, 16100, 16101, 16105, 62oo--6208, 0011-630,
1200, 12C1, 1203-1205, 130:1--1306`, 51200, 512;2, 51204, 51205, 52204, 52205, r:ypes
and had. a capacity of 5.,000 to 6,,OCC bearings per day,corresponding to ar a.nmual.
reduction of about 2,004,000 roller bearings if sufficient raw r.ateriOs were
+a.ilab1e. No information on an exl'ansion of the production to 4,000,,001) bear .ngo
In 1953 was received.
.y0~.. The VET' c ?11agerf abr~ik "abrueder Heller In Schweina Earienthni tx~odunad an
:average of one ton of balls, rollers, and needles per day among tying b,-, 70 to '15
>ercent. 2C to 25 .,creent, and about 5 perent respectively. T'he finished prcductcs
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were often not circular and considerably exceeded the normal allowances with
e ;.t that the purchaser were unable to use the products. No inforraietion was
,available on the percentage of rejects or the new inst, flat ".;:>ra of machines.
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