NICKEL WIRE SCREEN PRODUCTION AT TEWA-NEUSTADT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R011900030004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Nickel Wire Scram: Production at Tew::-feusta(t
DATE DISTR. 20J 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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Tew Weustadt is now composed of three different plats;
a. Werk1,_the TewaJeustadt plant;
b. Werk.I, the 1ewa-Graefenthal plant;
work TTI,. the former reed plant of Karl Kuefner, I eustadt.
Tee has 79 looms in operation for the produc-
0n o ? n . re screen o . 231 in. Work I. k`if teen looms are in operation
the same purpose in Werk II. Fifteen additional looms in the apprentice
shop of Werk I are ' not: engaged. in the -nickel wire screen produtionr program;
they are either empty or are being used for the production of coarse-size
screen for training -,purposes.
The em-rent Russian production order for nickel screen Na. 231 stipulates
that 7 ; 000 ? oars meters are to be rodueed by Werke I and II during the
perio T til. now} 1952 production has
been ows the production of Werke `I and II
during the first quartet, of 1952;
. 20 j 390 square meters f first-quality screen
two 50--meter rollA o secort-quality acre
11,098 square meters of first quality screr
one 52-meter roll of s'on4-quality sereeu
Thor screen produced rc+. t shi ed in the usua25X1A
ways, but remained in were ?1 un~i L sae la er part The nitric25X1A
acid test was applied to a 5-centimeter length cut from every roll of screen.
Shipment took place according to the following schedule-.
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Shipment qf 17 Paxtieu (a Pam or lot consists of 16 boxes,
each containing 50 square meters of screen on the average),
i.e. about 13,600 square meters;
Shipment of 9 Partien, i.e. about 7,200 square meters;
Shipment of about 10,700 square meters, i.-e. the remainder
The third of the above-mentioned shipments went to Aue for reasons not known
owever, that it was shipped from Aue to its usual
na es na on, inc mThird shipment included, in addition to the standard
sere of first and. second qualities t 9$5 motors of first-quality screen,
produced in March 1952, consisting of pieces shorter than 5 meters, and
about 1,000 meters taken from the stored reject screen.
5. The present average reject rate is about three percent of the total output.
This is true and will probably remain true under normal conditions. However,
the hiring of new, untrained personnel tends to increase the reject rate
somewhat The rate is now about 5.5 percent because of the hiring of new
personnel in numbers for the operation of the increased number of looms.
At present, about 5,000 square meters of reject screen are stored in Werk I;
it consists of screen which was disqualified because it contains too many
knots, wide places (Gassen), breaks, etc., or because: it does not have the
prescribed minimum length.
6. The technical specifications for nickel wire screen No. 231 have not been
changed since 1951. Specifically, introduction of the new method of testing
with the aid of nitric acid did not change the technical specifications.
This new testing method is still being applied rigorously to a 5-centimeter-
length from every roll of finished screen. The test is carried out by a
pharmacist from Neustadt, under the supervision of Ukhanov, of the Soviet
Reparations Division in Erfurt, assisted by a new, unidentified Russian who
came to Tewa from Wismut AG. When the test samples are put into nitric acid
for a period of three minutes, the acidl attacks the screen in different
degrees at different spots. `the tests carried out by the Russians have so
far proved'inconclusive both as to the reasons for and the possible remedy
of this action of the acid.. Tewa technicians made nitric acid teats of their
own, without Russian .supervision, and found that the acid mainly attacks the
warp wires, whereas it has hardly any effect on the woof wires. They therefore
believe that the action of the acid is conditioned. by the varying thicknesses
of the warp wires, whereas woof wires with their more uniform thicknesses will
cause more uniform action of the acid.
Construction of a new weaving shop in Werk I, as well as expansion of the
reed: plant, are still in their initial stages. It is nevertheless expected
that the construction work will be completed by 31 July 1952. No production
is scheduled for the month of August 1952, which will be spent reorganizing
the plant for the purpose of concentrating the entire production of nickel
wire screen in Work I. The looms from Work 11 will be transferred to Work I
during this period. There are no indications that the looms of Baderschneider
und. Lenzner will also be transferred..
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