TRACTOR PLANT IN VLADIMIR

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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Tray,.tor Plant in Vladimir
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE Or-
INFO,
DATE DISTR
NO. OF PAGES
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. arch 1952
NO, OF ENCLS.
(LISTW MUM
SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1 X REPORT NO.
Ocf:at i~aza
Doscrip t ,orza o the 1oc~.tion a rc:e Indic. ted In sketch i
To tY~c t~eut 4 :;outlz :..~ U oast, t--'c pl:: =;t ; urourldard by r; ri .,
men s sett.ler;i xats still under constructions, Thc otf~tetteit3
on the layout Vor the railro id s1diri .; wore thol,efore under-
tain
Di f erk1. t1y Stated w as 7.'T=,Q ;, Only Ono source
raantiored the nurses c.kaz~c~~. ~xaotrh~ar rave the rellcSrin
trade mar- ( u33i ern letterer) o Z intcrarctct ionti Vladim
.cairski Traktorni Z,avocl?: e a Vla iriiz? 're for :~'i? rxt. Tr,)
5. nlechunical Tr
Tb , racchan.tcal equipment consisted stir l o h r tlsh taael
ccn;, Ituli!tn.na d German machines
plant Tiistory
: t. to 1943, ethe p1,'nt v.,E s built around thrcc
shops iiitlx the aid of Ger~''.?7~. ?.L~ ~ebh The pr~:dttt:Lrloa eras stiaated
in or~r.iy 1945.cc;r~~ cin_> to "rave t 3tatoiient; alto print wa:;.t to
be enlar;ed to as inany as 27 r:orkshopaw
5, po.isibility of a.:ki iza. of Production
:'6t the en:I of the war ., s::x3 p .rt3 ,or 3 (- . Cored vehicle.i)
,Ter?;.- produced (4-ov: ct statez;.ex 1,,J) :, . ~:: ay aourcc;3 con0idorod
the ch:..n c-over to Chi 1.)rodua do i to bba; p0..ei ie .
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Chan e=-ov :r to pure tu.?lc buil Iin,, In tI.c teat; part:
Of tI'i plr .Ait ]' rdly zsc.:.i:.i po 6iL1e as tLu olc! 1 Curia." r 1s
too si:iaall t i o nut: . oundr;;, has only _:n).1 cast in ,.eta ~ L~;:a .,
i.z e of p1,:.nt
tr._tciieaits rmmi o bett-c(: n UOUx 3t,:C .>~2ters : rid
*::U sources s?id; 1 5( COx1,5LC --act crs
1 ,;LL( 1,C~C;t: auto s~
? Layout of the :.?nt; ;.lso ,,nnex 2) structure of o k hofps
a. ccord1n. to all sources stcol skeleton ,s r Ctures, br-c:'c-
lined.. Tarred saddle :c?oofs t?ith skyli ..fits..
b In the 'ollowin ;;, capital letters refer to skotch.t, he
fiC;uyes in parenthesis refer to the sources)
A, punching Shop si.:xze: (2) 2C)UxCO rn (3) 12-5x25 meters,
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(5) 150x180 meters, (8) IOOx3~y Meters
(6) Size: BC;x9O meters, construction ww.s started in early 1947,
in 1944, a tempering plant frith tv?o furnaces and a very large
?,.ericr'n punchinr? riachine V -ere put into, operatioar Other echil
nient consisted of tto presses, r!.bout 5 to 6 meters high, punch-
in;; uachincs, folding and bevelling, machines and shearing: ma--
chinos.
sect ion end enoral Assei Bbl shop ( twin shed)
:size; (2) 15)x9() r1r.-.t; s $ (3} i C;x25 i cters (5) 2t Cal8C uet rw
(8) 1010x3O meters (6) the workshop, total sizo 8Ox 1C, ,, et ors ,
had a :iocbanl cal sect i`.:=n (a in s_: otchj .i(1 t ti :;cc11.:ri:a1 asses:i)l~r
section (b in sketch)
the r:mechanic:_,1 section had dUout 6C; :.achine tools. In thF3 tel,-
lit:rin-~ sho) were t. o toupcrin-; i'urn?-ce:; ..id, after 'e'bru"Iry 194.3,
an ultra.:,iode.~ ai tc zip r i. ,,, furnim-::ce, I.id rt dove :Floor 2.5 ::etc:rs,,
diarmetor 3 ;.eters t:ith oil bath.
were running for r'eneral assembly, as well as
(7) (9} yip t rc: assc;:..:'o:. eo 'Sec c..
'or tr.'`.): Ill .?r.~Oii ^T1~~ Tic - .or- :'shop w,
ec,uipppoa. t ith five or six travel::.; cr;.u oU ,
Cu Combustion _Engines _~;;=oc_ti_on
;size f -175 chi 7 ,,, _i'$, 3} lC x2 .. to ail, (5) `'~ xl6O n1 t F,
(0) lCUx3O :,refers ,,
(6) The mechanical >eetion had 12c tools@ 7.1-4- per( cn' ,h:m -
over , v;re not t:orkin.,, ..il1i.n`; nd bor.--in- of r;x,,; ane blocks
was done on gthree orb foury y~ 2O-., ieter(~ latUes. may x: rr;l l foundry arm a y qa
e
test stands for 8 to Ib,i enfines T c,e- e in] s'o the e.i In the ? i.orksh~p (ye,i.
tvo travelinC; cranes. (9) Total size 1.50x4 meters a 6n ; ussse a-
bly line for asseubl y - .mrk, 10 test s tr... leis for gin,{;ire one rail
l in,: - bench for three or four encine blocks, three cylinder hen i fxg
nach1nerj
D o Old -_-:ioundr Dine 7sions (2) lSC;xBO meters, (3) 150x25
.2ters xl8O i.~.eters , (8) JOCJx3U meters .,
(6) and t, 7 equipped vilth thi,ce or four on-n-hearth furnaces ani
d i ,ieter .2 5x3 meter
,.-,out 4 C1Ct,#'ri 7. e
a:. trlec'i?ric :Iril:"iC k u
(9) The f'ounoxy had. the follo?. irir_: sect ions ,, :steel. cast, :l.r.,. ;, '.r-.'Y
castin aluminui.:i cast vreldin::,,o.ld.ini; -Yid electrical sao?
tion. .for tra'sport an. t:lectri.c crai.ie, about 17 .riet?.rs
::stets lpcTn {;a uer'3
and two other c'.ectrlna meta, e"_cb ribcut b
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"fhcre ? tore ::'our ueltiY; furnaces rind one ov^.l conveyor belt
for cakctin ; =,iold:. The rrioldin2; shop had to sand millsy
t4r'o crusher ti , six ric1c`l in ; machines, tc.o jolters :hid one
sand dryer ;.?.: ith sane conveyor.
(13) Dr x/'tod iauchine equiprient vnc1 sequence o.' operations
as shov:.-n in *,nnex 3
r jTew -'oundry 0i:i(.::nsions: (2) 2iGx3CL :.aeter^s
(3) 5 ~iP ?ers (_) 2C ,x6C neters
(6) 12?x24 r,.eters plL,.s t'.,o cro es 3uxl,'W i ,et ors - the
t.,uil ; ins was finishcd in .;ov .iabcr 19 8 ;? thtt int&. ?.Lor i itt inks y
however y wore e not in
(9) ZCQx1Lp rnnetcrs, (15) 8Qx13C :..x tern
(13) Thc, insta1latior. is ec uip-)ed as follows;
, S furnaces, 2G5 ?,.eturu above. Lair floor,. dI:.. W., r -bout
`iX .j 8Q era, two r?evolvin.; I in, -es .,or molds.
.our joltcr;sy four core drying-uri.--cc; s with oil ~iea in~;~
Lne mobile electric _x_ne.
In the locks::iith.'s she-) :ere l-t iaaciLinu tools.
Ton indiii., ~achincs i.our swin_; ,:rindin~ ...:CliinLs, one Alcor
conveyor and one coo:? ins; furnace were in the scourin_: shop
(14) in July 1949, two conveyor belt:: 1.C;re ruaninE;; a third
conveyor belt was to le put into operation it, Auust 1949:,
(15) The nee; foundry had been started with one viorkinc, shift _n
July 1949 as an experiment.
F. y orc;o DIr_ien: iorv,,? (2) I50x8c rieters, (3) 15OX25 rxmeters
(5) ? ox250 meters, (6) 1OCbr12 meters, (8) 1.00x30 peters,
(9) 150x40 meters
(2 y /, 6) , (7) * ;quippecL with seven or oir;ht pace motic has, i:.`rrs
and an oil-fueled forte furnace.
lathes, ti o standart< ? i11in1-; it;.chi.nas
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Cnu cc:i ectric auto:iatic, annealin ; urnac~e, one roll y about
wide
(9) ,uor.-:e gars no -.-:1y erected by P s in 1945, r.:a.chsine eq.uipuent
our oil-fired furnaces, tvo lr r -c and three s;: all h : Lr',iers , on
tar le and one snail punch in one ~ ..r 1 cy.ra 5C G--ton pre as ,
two -ruerlt,an upsettin L; machines . one, 1 s?'iaeter lathe, two stand :rd
(13) crrc. hydraulic 6.ic a re,.as 5c C, tans
Cne lrudraulic ha ter, 18 tons
,+hr ue hydraulic: har:iiers , 1 2 tons
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