AUTOMOBILE AND TRACTOR INDUSTRY STEPS UP PRODUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2011
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• Publication Date: December 15, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECREP ECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG:NCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY usaR
SUBJECT Economic - Automobile and tractor industtr~
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers; Semimonthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 13 Sep - 5 Oct 1949
LANGUAGE Russian
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
AUTOMOBILE AND TRACTOR INDUSTRY
STRPS UP PRODUCTION
AUTO PLANT ACCBL ATES PRODUCTION -- Kommunist, No 229, 28 Sep 49
During the past 8 months, the "Avtodetal'" Plant has increased its
production index 68 percent in comparison with the same period in 1948.
Commodity production went up 55 percent, output of tractor spare parts
75 percent, and labor productivity 60 percent. During the same period,
working capital turnover was accelerated 14 days and 635,000 rubles were
released. The plan figure for the entire year is 818,000 rubles.
The Automobile Plant imeni Stalin, Moscow, has reachel 1950 levels in
a number of sections. New forging, casting, and pressing equipment has been
made and put into operation, and over 300 machine tools have been switched
to high-speed operating schedules.
The production cycle has been shortened, and income has risen above
planned figures. One foundry netted savings amounting to 1,831,000 rubles
in the past 8 months.
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Productivity of lab r .v the Automobile Plant imeni Stalin is 35 per-
cent greater than in the prewar period, and recent efforts have saved about
17 million rubles, great amounts of fuel, electricity, and materials.
For exagple, foundry No 3 has saved 236,000 rubles by changing the
method of casting flywheels. One brigade now turns out 600 corner irons for
cylinder blocks daily. The shop's piston ring division fulfilled the year
production plan 105 percent The press shop saves 285 tons of sheet metal
per year and has eliminated three fourths of the labor-consuming work on
ZIS-150 trucks.
The plant has adapted 300 lathes to high-speed methods.
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N E W MOTOBCYCLS MQRE DURABLE, CMLhP0 TO ;TIN -?- Vechernyaya Moskva, No 237,
5Oct49
The 1950 Moskva motorc,^ci.e, made Jr. t1' Moscow Motorcycle Plant, is
more economical than previous models, running 100 kilometers on 2.45 liters
of gas. The parts in the gear box are more durable than on the old model.
The rear fork is equipped with oil shock absorbers, permitting higher speeds
on rough roads. The handle bare are mounted firmly on two supports. The
greater power of the engine permits the optional addition of a second seat,
INNOVATIONS AT CARBURETOR PLANT -- Vechernyyaya Moskva, No 229, 26 Sep 49
A high-powered machine for pressure casting has been tested at the
Carburetor Plant; the shell and cover of the carburetor are removed from
At the heat-treatment section of the plant, automatic instruments help
maintain a specified temperature in the furnaces. A new furnace for gas case-
hardening of parts has cut heat-treatment time to one fourth that previously
required.
The Carburetor Plant is an affiliate of the Automobile Plant imeni Stalin.
The old Bel'tay Machine-Tractor Shop has been completely rebuilt and is
now a large motor-repair plant. The shops now have modern machine tools and
other equipment. On 12 October a new 100-kilowatt electric power station will
go into operation. The plant has built the station entirely on its own re-
sources.
The Gcr'kiy Automobile Plant imeni Molotov had a great number of Pobeda
care on sale in a recently opened local retail establishment. Pobedas are for
sale in 16 other cities, including Prokop'yevka, Karaganda, and Stalino.
TRA!.TCR PLANT INCREASES OUTPUT -- V Pomoehch' FZMK, No 19, Oct 49
The Vladimir Tractor Plant (director, Klimenkov) manufactured 47 percent
more tractors during the first half of 1949 than during the same period last
year.
NEW (SAAR BOX FOR TRACTORS -- Trud, No 216, 13 Sep 49
The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant made a successful test in January 1949
of a new type of transmission gear box for tractors, which will be put into
series production. The installation of he new gea: box will reduce labor
consumption by 10 hours per tractor, metal expenditure by 10 kilograms, and
cost per machine by 300-350 rubles.
The plan for the new type gear box had been proposed to the Ministry of
Tranaport-Machine Building for approval as far back as May 1946. It was ap-.
proved; however, the plant management was remiss in getting things started.
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GALL. F(H SPECTRAL ANALYSIS IN TRACTOR PLAITS -- Sovatekaya Moldaviya, No 189,
20 Sep 49
During the first days of the autumn harvest at the Chimiebliyskaya,
Bayaarskay+a, and Rcmanovskaya MPS, part of the tractors were put out of cqm-
mieeion as result of burn.-)d-out bearings, worn piston rings, and broken
gears.
Republic distribution bases, including the "Selkhozenab" (Agricultural
Supply), hare been sending the stations metal which does not bear a grade mark.
Spectral analysis is not carried out in a single natal-working enterprise in
Moldavia.
Facilities for spectral analysis must therefore be set up as soon as
possible in such centers as Kishinev, Tiraspol', Beadery, and Belotsy.
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