ENAMELLED CONTAINERS PRODUCED AT SAG MARTEN EISEN-UND HUETTENWERKE, THALE

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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East Germany
Enamelled Containers Produced at SAG Marten /
Eisen, 'and HUsttamperks, Male
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1, As of 6 January 1953 the Eisenhuettenwerk Thale (LH), a part of AG
Marten group, ha 6 72 outstanding orders for enamelled containers i Of thee
nine were for direct shipment to the U36R, as follows:
Item
50 "Ane Tanks"
900 "Vine Tanks"
4 Mixing Tanks
2 Containers nick-
named "jet planes"
? Mixing tanks
? hressure filters
Order Placed bz
DIA, Berlin
DIA, Berlin
SCC, Berlin
SCC, Berlin
3CC, Berlin
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srul. Rarlin
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Of the above orders, ordiv the first-listed for fifty "wine tanks"
has been completed. Of the 900 tanks ordered 81 were
completed during January 1953 and 20 in the period from 1 to 13 Pebruary 1953,
a total of 101. he "wine tanks" are constructed so as to withstand a
pressure of 5,3 atmoSpheres..
3, The items ordered by DIA-Berlin are SovieL export contrscts, whereas those
ordered by the SCC. Berlin, are reparations orders.
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4: Order for four large mixing tanks (grosse Ruehrwerkskessel)
with a volume of 10,000 liters, enarelled on the inside. These tanks are
delivered with two-bladed agitators, shaped like an anchor (Ankerruehrwerk)
The enamelled containers nicknamed "jet planes"(Duesenjaeger) because of their
external appearance, are cylinders 2.5 meters in diameter by four meters long.'
One of the ends cf these cylinders is conical, with a hole in the nose 20
centimeters in diareter. The other end is funnel-shapt2t: with an opening 40
to 50 centireters in diareter, large enough to allow a man to enter. The
cylinder is made of iron. Two of these containers had already been delivered
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to the USSR, but were returned as rejects because the enamel had burst. They
are being broken up, and work has started on two more. The designation
"Duesenjaeger" is used offiea1l7 at Thais for these containers.
7. Order for a series of pressure filters (DruCkfilter) with a
volume of about 1,500 liters, enamelled on the inside. These filters are
70 centimeters in diameter and 1.5 meters high. The top of the container
is solid, but the bottom is removable and is fitted with asbestos packing*
An opening 5 centimeters in diameter is left in the bottom. The filter is
delivered with an enamelled iron tube for mounting a thermometer. The top
is fitted with three large holes and one small hole. The small hole is for
receiving the thermometer. The large holes are flannel-shaped, 5 centimeters
in diameter on the outside surface and 3 centimeters on the inside surface.
8. Since 1949, the zaeel conertrizatioi(13.0hbau),iepartment of ,A1G Marten/Thale has
delivered about 1,030 iron containers in the shape of a half-egg. They are
about roughly, one meter in diameter, and they are delivered with logo and
a cover. Thr stand about 1.5 meters high. Theae containers are then shipped
by Thale to the Hescho-Kahla plant, which supplies the contents of the con-
tainers. Hesdho then ships them direct to the USSR. On one occasion, in
1949, Hescho shipped one set of "contents" to Thale for testing the fit. The
"contents" consisted of an object made entirely of porcelain, shared to fit
the half-egg shape of the container. Included with these "contents" are a
set of coiled copper pipes and a motor. These containers are made in slightly
varying sizes.
9. The head ("President") of the SAG Marten group is (fnu) Volchkov, responsible
for HW/Thalq., for Marten/Hettstedti_and_for Marten/Orossen4lster,_ (Fna)..
VOL-ammo.. tim0000ded (ftru)_40memedawA1001N100Prof marten/thole At the end_
of January 1953. The Soviet acceptance official for the enamelled containers
ordered by the USSR is (fru) Razanoydki uho comes to Thale from Halle Ant"
Friday for this purpose.
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la, Double containers about 2 meters tall and 1.5 meters in diameter are
manufactured at Thale. One of these is enamelled inside and out, so as to
fit inside the other. The second container is enamelled only on the inside.
In 195) four such sets were made by Thale for the USSR, none were made before
or after that.
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