ORGANIZATION OF AND RESEARCH AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL MATTERS, MINISTRY FOR PLANNING

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Gbrmany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR. 10 biP,It 60
SUBJECT Organisation of and i osearch at the DeT^.art-ent for NO. OF PAGES 2
Science and Technical Matters, "inisrry for Planning
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The former Tiauptverc,nltung, fdr `?Iissenachaft and Techn:T.k (i.Tain Administration
for Science and Technical Matters) has now become a Hauptabteilung (ipain
Depart-font) and belongs to the I4inistry for Plannin". The '4inister is Hein-
rich lieu. The "lain Der artmnt for science and Technical :natters er!rloys Apr
proximately 30 fleferonton. For research tasks in the foundry industry, Re-
fererit Gottschalk* has allotted the sum of 1.2 -pillion D1 (East) for the year
1950.
of the Eastern Zone consider the clay inferior.
CLASSIFICATION
The follocrin , can be core, idoxeit as research institutes for the foundry industry:
a:. Zentral Forschungsinstitut der Vereinir ung Volkseigener Betriebe fi.r Gus -und
Sck~l-tiedear^: ougnfese (GUS), located on the premises of the firm of theier &
i:feichelt, Leipzig 1.1 34, Giosser Strasne S - 10.** The chief of this Central
Research Institute is Prof., Althoff, a rotallurgi^t, arproxir te]-y 45 yearn
of age, who used to be at the Research laboratory of the `-1einkal?1erks. The
Central Tiesoarch Institute of the GUS employs approximately 50 people.
b. Zentrales I.tetallurptioches I'orschungsinstitut f'lir Schwarzmetalle* , Tiennigs-
dorf, located on the premi-3es of the "Uhl-und 'Jalz%ierk Tiennigsdorf, a
,m- ople-owed factory.
e. C,eolor}inohe La.ndesanetalt in Berlin, Invnlidenstra-so., directed by Prof. Lange.
One of the main research tasks in 1949 teas to find a clay which would be host suit-
able as a binding .pert for molding sand (For?tsand). Dr.llsngs conducted the
Geologifiche Landesanstalt showed that in ai-cklenburg a clay of the desired property.
corld be found. The clay deposit has a width of about 70 n.. and it is preen led
that the vein runs up into Holstein. Tests indicated that this clay not only con-
tains the best property as a binding wzent for molding sand but is also most suit-
able an a bleaching agent for the refinery of oil aocordinrr to the absorption
method. It is honed now that bleaehini artents will no longer have to be imported.
The bleaching clay found in Neeiklenburg is darker than the imported one. It Is
contended, however, that as for as absorption capacity is concerned, this clay
is equal to the imported earth. However, because of its dark color, oil experts
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.4. One of the priority tasks for 1950 is the developing and testing of a foundry
furnace (Giesserei ,Schmelzofen) . This new furnace, in contrast to the smelting
furnace currently in uses is not to be fired with coke exclusively. The lan
is to substitute 50 percent of the coke with carbonization gas (Schwelgas) and
it is thus hoped to reach the same heat. If the development of such a
furnace should be successful, coke imports of the Eastern Zone could be curtailed
and the money thus saved used for other imports. The cost of development and
testing of the new furnace is estimated at 600,000 DM (East) which sure Herr Gott-
schalk hopes will be made available in addition to the 1.2 nillion DM mentioned
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? ar enm , is chief of the Fachabteilungert, Mining, Metallurgy and Machine
Construction.
25X11 C,M i The T?vier & Weichelt firm now belongs to the GUS and to celled
GUS Lairzi -ger Eisen-und Stahlwerq:e VVB.
25X11 ws~n a Thu! Chief of th1-s institute is Prof. Maurer, former chief of the
Ei.sonht~tteninstitut of the Freibcorg fining Academy, who was dismissed from, the
Academy in 1945 because of his party affiliations and who worked for a time as
collaborator of the Technieches I3ilro Eisen in Freibern. He is one of the metallur-
gists rearonsible for the devolol 'anent of rustproof steel. Lately, he has also beco
director of the Control Commission of the VES'I' (Vereinigung Stahl and Eisen) check-
ing, the quality of goods for use in the steel mills belonging to the VTMW., The
Stahl- and yralzwark Hennigsdorf i.w also one of the plants belonging to the VESTA,
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C fi~3 s No kin to Prof. Lange of the Main Department for Sci-)nce and Techni-
cal utters.
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