PRODUCTION OF SPECIAL STEELS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: REPORT

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cE.NTRAL ),I!t t. G C1 h Y REPORT
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THIS DOCORE017 CONTAINS INFOREATIOR AFPECTING TVIE RATIONAL DEPT NSS
OF THE UNITED STATUS. WITHIN THE REANIER OF TITLE IS, SECTIONS 7211
ARD TS4. OF THE % . S. CODE, AS ARENDED. ITS TEA?ISRISSIOH OR REYEIi
ATIGN OF ITSCORTEUITS TO OR RECEIPT E1 AR UNAUTHORIZE[ PERSON
IS PROE1R3TED 11VLAW TEE REPRODOCTIOR OF THIS FORE IS I'.OHISITED.
DATEDISTR 23 February 1,55
, OF EN LS.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
t o In. J.950 and 1951, steel required for the kii.3,u;ifacl ure rf i;u USA*tic 1a' (O, 25X1
was produced at the T~ dH?uci;te Foundry at HrL ar F~ l:exrbor j a,? d at e.b
Henni gsdorf Steel `;'ors wd Rolling 1.1i' . ":` T~ v Sin : a 1.9 3 .,. Ixi . ?sec Yc k
steel has been made e:>4clus vely at tho Siff H,, I'2 is sr,,~so1 i6 -aa: ~.y us< ci
for turbines to be ;installed on Sovi.a ohipa .f, quis_i ,;toned it,-. GErmarllf,
In 1953, the ac;ceptaaue oonIitions for this utee ware ti?aisoi a rd pup
to 50 percent of this itee ! .arcs rejeoted..
2, Two types of - urbinr blade )teal de sif at ii 20 r 13 an d ~'5 V 8
are manufao used at the SWHI . One ton of r< 20 "1-r 13 st1 el ,fu billets
caste 140 eastma-ks; one ton or rolled ehe:;e of 47 z 39 ox:' 80 x 35 -ms
costs 1,300 ;ae l-marks,. Th s?zs f s ere dr lve:rad Yo the
Fortuna V: orks at 20 &.~.en Si rase, Suhl, (formerly J, P. Sauer & Sohn),
the V.EB Turbinennfabrklc at 4 industrlege.aendp, Dresden 2' 15, the TO
Ge:erlitzer Masohinenbau In `Tloeriit. , and V E B B e r g narun.B sre1g th
Bei in-filhelmsru.: , 11,5 a billets are dal _;re ? 4d o VMB Wal ro- k x inns .
5. In about March 1954, he prt.;ciucytion of stc:et for to b is e b1 des was
suspended at the 3Wii4 "becau:3e it was f taund out that ::ha five `hrickv
lining the .furnaces av rho; `$WH were unsuited for the produc st of
hig ,-aua..liiy ateels. New fy. re ri;ke v-ere ordex?acl,bufi they ;:ia not
arrived by mid-Auguo t 1954.. The prod.actfern of steal for tci.r'bine blade
is eohedi.ed to be re.:rrurad after the in ta. 1at; t~n of thv new ff.re-
bricksv 7,xperimennts to have types 25 Mn V 8 and X 20 Cr L3 atcel
produced at VDD Ddel.sttahlwerk. Doehien proved failures. Si_m!Asr
experiments made at the Max-Hue tte at tTot:er-ee llenborn in wl d,.-A::;gusi.
1954, yielded better steel "har, was I. talnea at StnT and at Dofh1eno
The atee:l_ manufar.: rur,,-, at the lax-Hu.te Found! r was, haeaever, si,-A
released for further i:ro e ~a avg.,
25X1
omment. The ' >t?a tav tl i.ste '3 cen and Stahl," (standard. list for
iron and steei products), issue of J. Bet Lr ber i 1,3 < inolud; s type 25 Mr V i
3tec1 in the category of epoo?iai stoels Dl , H 51-i D 6,, and tyre
20 Cr 113 steel in ' Le oategor.y or ,i:;e.. and ac: d proof ate ols 31. H 11. 7) 2,
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