ZAFT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1954
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1. llhe f?lliwina_ iseenera.1 outline of __the_rraarsh- d punt rejects
registered with andRadministered by.the Central Office for Research and
Technology (Zentralamt fuer Forschung and Technik) (ZAiT) in 1951:
a. Projects concerning the field of machine construction, mainly aimed at
restoring the technical level in this field which was reached in 1945. Most
of these projects did-not have any effect on production before 1952.and 1953?
Research"and-development work on the construction of ball bearings was intended
to be started in 1951 but actually did not begin until later.
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b. Tn the field of metallurgy, a ruaber of as, si dealt with the
sexploitation of ferrous and/noA erroust seta ..
c. Mining: Construction of low blast furnace models was begun.
d. Electrical Engineering: The projects were mainly concentrated on,experi-
ments in'the field of weak current technology for the radio industry. 'The
first development projects for television were started.
e. Biology: 'Experiments dealing with the application of Soviet methods based
on Lysenko*s theories. In addition, experiments were carried out for the
purpose of achieving maximum exploitation of available agricultural space
in. view of the shortage of fertilizers.
f. Forestry: Experiments for the purpose of developing fast growing trees.
The poplar program was. started within the framework of the Five-Year Plan.
Another large-scale project started in 1951 was, the growing of burrs (Spitz
kletten)'.for the purpose of obtaining albumen and fat substances from these
.plants. The'burrs were also planned to be used for fiber production. The
"Spitzklettenprogramm" was discontinued in 1952 but was resumed in 1954?
g. Precision Mechanics and Optics: The ma}ority of projects dealt with.
work carried out at VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena.
h. -Basic research: Work was mainly concentrated on projects for the con
struction or reconstruction of scientific institutes such as the Fiber Research
Institute in Teltow,Seehof, the Heinrich-Hertz Institute in Berlin-Adlershof,
and t EIeL =C I a u e in res en.
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 .Experiments for the determination of the most practical exploitation- of tuna matter*
polym ,,base. Development of polyvinyl chloride technology for synthetic substances.
!' \ Development of new raw materials for soap production,. such as Mersol. "WOrk aiming
`' ,at the best exploitation of waste martal reciting from lignite distillation.
e/juj se'Projects aiming at the improvement of J;wolle) technology.. Start of
the project for the construction of'13he Organic Chemistry in Leipzig.
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i. Inorganic Chemistry: Development of magnesium silicates. Development of
a cement rotating furnace.
j. Or an c Chemistry: Development of fibers and synthetic substances on high
k. Pharmacy: Penicillin development. Substitutes for novocaine and other an-
aesthetizing material.
1. Textile Industry: _Projects aiming , essip.g- of9 ,6nd artificial
m. Wood Technology: Plywood and micro
The following are ZAFT research projects since 1951, mainly in the fields of
organic chemistry and fiber-research, with indication of start and termination
dates and the research personnel concerned, where known. Most of these projects
concern organic chemistry and fiber technology:
a. Investigation of electro-static charges of fiber material; start, 1951;
carried out in the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof. Scientists in
charge, Professor Schramek (fnu), of Kunstfaserwerk Wilhelm Pieck in Schwarza;
-Dr. Boehringer (fnu), of the Institute for Textile Technology in Karl-Marx-Stadt;
Eng. Simon (fnu), from the Institute for Fiber Technology in Pirna-Copitz. This
project is expected to be comDleted in 1955?
Professor Frenzel. Completion date, 1955<
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1 Teltow- +~ '?~_ ntific supervision of Dr. Griehl (fnu). Project
Poet? rt, 1951; carried out by the Fiber Research Institute
-completed-in ? 195
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co Production of furfure.l from flax waste; start, 1951; carried out by the Fiber
;Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof in cooperation with the Institute for Fiber
Technology in Pirna--Copitz under the scientific supervision of Dr. Griehl.
Completion date, 1954-
d. Furfural production; start 1951; carried out by the Fiber Research Institute
in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of Dr. Griehl. Completed, 1953-
e. Development of acetates for fibers, silks and plastic material; start, 1951;
carried out by the Institute for Organic Chemistry in Magdeburg under the scientific
supervision of Dr. Thinius (fnu). Since 1952 the Fiber Research Institute in Tel-
tvm Seehof has been working on the same project under the scientific supervision of
Dr. Moehring (fnu). To be completed in 1956, -
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Elimination of resin from industrial pine waste; start, 1951; carried out by the Institute for Economic Sciences in Berlin under the scientific supervision of
'Dr. Seifert (fnu). Completed in 1953. ----
Development of glass fibers with a strei th p to eight aic , 1951
Dresden Technical University under the scientific supervision of Professor, Frenzel
h, Development of a flax wet-weaving procedure;`,start, 1951; darried out-by
(fnu). Completion date, 1955?
i. Development of a short-weaving procedure f o cotton; start, 1951;
carried out by Dresden Technical University and ?fic supervision of
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Completion date, 1953.
VEB Zellstoffwerk Wittenberge under the scientific supervision of Dr. Jaeger (fnu).
m. Investigation of the use of fibers in textile industry; start, 1952; carried
out by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the Scientific super-
vision of Professor Sommer (fnu). Completion date, 1955-
n.' Production of furfural from lyes and extracts; start, 1952; carried out by
scientific superiision of Dr. Hunyar (fnu). Completion date, 1956.
start 1952;,carried out by Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the
vision of Dr. Boehringer.. Completion date, 1955?
1. Polymerization of acrylnitril and development of new polymerization methods;
k. Investigation of "Masern" and "Flusen" occurring with Perlon silk; start, 1951;
carried out by Kunstfaserwerk Wilhelm Pieck in Schwarza under the scientific super-
j. Development of a flax wet weaving machine; start, 1951; carried out,by Dresden
Technical University, under the scientific supervision of Professor Frenzel. Com-
pletion date, 1955?
Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of Professor Sc rae Completion
date, 1960.
o. Investigation on the swelling and the dissolution mechani
cellulose fibers; start, 1952; carried out by the Fiber Resea
Completion date, 1956.
p. Development of electrolytical methods for the determination of reducing com-
ponents in.cellulose material; start, 1952; carried out by the Fiber Research -
Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of Dr. Zemisch (fnu)..
q. Investigation of ultrasonic disintegration in cellulose material; start, 1952;
carried out by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under th. scientific
supervision of Professor Schramek. Completion date, 1955?
carried out by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific
supervision of Dr. Griehl. Completion date, 1955.
Completion date, 1960. j
s. Comparison of ter lene- of ester?fibers and fibers; start 195
y ~ y polyester ~ P3
r. Development of new polyester fibers; start, 1952; carried out by the Fiber
Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of Dr. Briehl.
Dr. Griehl. Completion date, 1954.
t. Fractionization of synthetic spinning material; start, 1952; carried out by
the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of
u. Development of spinning equipment for cotton and flax; start, 1952; carried out
by the Institute for Fiber Technology in Pirna-Copitz under the scientific super-
vision of Professor Frenzel. Completion date, 1955-
v* Investigation of fiber location in textile webs; start, 1952; carried out by
the Institute for Fiber Technology in Pirna-C5n?Completed in 1953-
W* Development of mixed webs from rayon
by the Fiber Research Institute in Telto
vision of Ent, Simon. Completion date, 19
tart, 1952; carried out
e scientific supervision
supervision of Schmauder (fnu); the Institute for Fiber Technology in Pirna-Copitz;
the Institute for Textile Technology in Karl-Marx-Stadt under the scientific super-
of Professor Sommer; Kw,nstfaserwerk Wilhe
x. Development of glass fiber with a
carried out by VEB Schott and Genosse
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z. Investigation of use of glass fibers and silks for technical webs`; start, 1952;
carried out by the Institute for Fiber Technology in Pirna-Copitz under the scien-
tific supervision of Dr. Bobeth (fnu). Completion date, 1955?
aa. Development of glass fiber webs and yarns with special consideration of their
use for crop binding yarn; start, 1952; carried out by the Institute for Fiber
Technology in Pirna-Copitz under the scientific supervision of Dr. Bobeth.
Completion date, 1955-
..-Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of Professor
Completion date, 1954-
,a c. Problems-of 'erlon dying and processing; start, 1952; carried out-by the Fiber
ab. Development of methods to determine torsional resistance; start, 1952; carried
out by Dresden Technical University under the scientific supervision of Liebig (fnu).
Professor Sommer and Dr. Schiffner (fnu); VEH Kunstfaserwe k Wilhelm
Schwarza under the scientific supervision of Enna. Heilmann fnu); VEB
dewerk Friedrich Engels in Premnitz under the scientific supervision of
Eng. Lindner (fnu). Completion date, 1955.
ad. Continuous spinning of synthetic fibers; start, 1952; carried out by VEB
Kunstfitserwerk'Wilhelm Pieck in Schwarza under the scientific supervision of
Dr. Ludewig.(fnu). Completion date, 1955,
ae. Investigation of polarographic methods; start, 1952;. carried out by the
Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific supervision of
Dr. Moehring (fnu). Completion date, 1955?
af. X-ray investigation of natural and synthetic fibers; start, 1952; carried
out by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow..Seehof under the scientific super-
vision of Professor Schramek. Completion date, 1960.
ag. Development of a "Technikum" for furfural chemistry; start, 1953; carried
out by VEB Hydrierwerk Rodleben. Completion date, 1958,
scientific supervision of Dr. Frotscher (fnu). Completion date, 1954.
ah.* Development of webs from glass fibers and silks with kation-active resins.;
start, 1953; carried out by VEB Fettchemie and Fewawerk in KarlQMarx-Stadt under the
ai. Polymerization and spinning experiments with Sebazin acid; start, 1953;
carried out by the Institute for Organic Chemistry in Leipzig under the scientific
supervision of Dr. Metzner (fnu). Completion date, 1955?
June 19546
..he following projects, started at unspecified dates, were in progress in-mid---
of Urlon in Molten organic salts and in molten inorganic salts.
Carri` `u'by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific
supervision of Dr. Hunyar. Completion date, 1954?
scientific supervision of Dr. Ludewig. Completion date, 1955.
b. Development of new synthetic fibers from raw materials available in East
Germany.- Carried out by VEB Kiknstfaserwerk Wilhelm Pieck in Schwarza under the
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e. Pe ng with steam pressure. Carried out by VEB Kunatfaoerwerk
Wilhel Schwarza under the scientific supervision of Dx. Ludewig.
Couple 1955?
scientific supervision of Dr. Meims (fnu). Agfa?-Wolfen (formerly an SAG enter-
prise) now has_&_semi-technical installation for Wolcrylen production with an
output of about 30 tons per month.
d. Further development of Orlon fibers under the cover name "Wsleiaylen".
Production on .& semi-technical scale. Carried out by Agfa-Wolfen, under the
e. Further development of Orlon fibers under the cover name of "TePe-l". Pro-
duction on a semi-technical scale. Carried out by VEB Kunstseiden Premnitz under
the scientific supervision of Dr; Fritsche (fnu). This enterprise has an install-
ation for the production of TePe-l fibers which started operations in 1954.
f. Development of Orlon silk. Production on a semi-technical scale. Carried
out by VEB Kunstfaserwerk Wilhelm Pieck in Schwarza under the scientific supervision
of Dr. Ludwigg.
g. Fundamental research on the chemical processes occurring in the production of
synthetic fibers. Carried out by the Institute for Fiber Research in Teltow=Seehsf
under the scientific supervision of Professor Schrameko
h. Development of waterproof coatings from rubber or plastic material for textile
webs:
1) Development of air-tight webs.
2) Development of webs through which air can pass.
Carried out by the Institute for Textile Technology in Karl-Marx-Stadt under the
supervision of Toegel (fnu).
i. Development of artificial leather through which air can pass. Carried out by
VEB Kunstlederwerk Tannenbergstal under the supervision of Arze (fnu). .
j. Development of infrared drying methods for perlon webs. Carried ol'it brr
Textilveredlungswerk Reichenbach.
k. Development of a polyamide picker. Carried out by VEB Kunstfaserwerk Wilhelm
Pieck in Schwarza under the scientific supervision of Dr. Boehringer; by Agfa--
Wolfen under Dr. Melas; and by the Institute for Textile Technology in Karl-Marx-
Stadt under Walther (fnu).
1. Further development of a Trelon installation from semi-technical to la
scale technical production. Carried out by VEB Kunstfaserwerk Wilhelm Pi
Schwarza under the scientific supervision of Dr. Ludewig. The installat1(oaOn
operation in Schwarza has an output of six tons of Trelon per month. For
development, 1.2 million DME were-allotted for 1954.
in. Development of a continuous
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2)
Machine development. Carried out by VEB Kenstruktion in Zittau under the
supervision of Schwenke (fnu).
Procedure development. Carried out by the Institute for Textile Technology
in Karl-Marx-Stadt under the scientific supervi,mion of Toegel.
n. Development of a continuous textile printing procedure.
a. Development of a method for the group determination in polyamides. Carried
out by the Fiber Research Institute in Teltow-Seehof under the scientific super-
vision of Dr. Kare (fnu).
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p. Development of cable insulation paper with particular eaphasis.on insulation
paper from glass fiber. Carried out by the Institute for Cellulose and Paper in
Heidenau, under the scientific supervision of Eng. Dullin (fnu).
q. Development of a turb4pinning machine. Carried out by the-Institute for
Textile Technology in Kar1..Marx-Stadt under the scientific supervision of Eng.
Simmon,
r. Development of glued railroad ties. Carried out by the Institute.for Wood
Technology and Fiber Building Material in Dresden under the scientific supervision
of Dr. Flemming.
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