KONEV BRANCH OF THE UNITED STEEL WORKS, KLADNO

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLI3ENCE AGENCY REPORT NO..
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
WINTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Konev Branch of the United Steea ?Uorko, Kladno
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1. The Nome factory of the United Steel Jorks, National Corroration,in Eladno
(N51/1,59) employs about 10s000 12e000 workers and operates on throe eight-
hour shifts a day. An additional 600 women prisoners from tho Forced Labor
Camp in Dubi (I51/L9) also work in the factory. The requiroments of the
Five Year Plan, which called for raising the production of the factory have
made voluntary work briseades from Prague a necessity? About 20 busloads of
brigade workers supplement every shirt.
Production in the Nonov factory nas resumed immediately after 7orld 7ar II,
but not until the beginning of 1950 was the output of semi-finished products
'or the Czechoslovak war program introduced. The factory is still being enlarged,
and the modern discharging bridge affords a good opportunity for constructing
additional blaat fuenaeos. The faci,$)ry conaists of the following insta11ations4
Three blast furracce? roach with a capacity of 150 tons of crude iron
per shift, produce a total of 1350 tons of crude iron per three-shift
day. One of the furnaces was built by CU-Sokolovo in 1946, another was
finished in 1950, and the third was to go into operation in May 1951.
b. There are 20-25 open hearth gas furnaces and, one electric recistance
furnace all of which were installed in 1941-42. In addition there
aro 12 old-type open hearth gas furnaces. The total daily capacity of
the furnaces is about 400 ingots.
es. The main rolling mill eon:Ante of various sections. A rough rolling
mill sanufactures ass:slier profile iron in !Co To If, and I ehapoc with
dimensions of about 100 mm. x 100 mm. Rails; heavy round iron,
and heavy beams for the construction of bridges ,re turned out
in the girder rolling mill. Iron sire 6 - 12 mr., in diameter is
manufactured in anothes section of the mill. About 320 rolls of wimp
each weighing eo - 100 pounds. are menufacteend daily s The plate
rolling mill e.soduces steel soots 5 - 60 mm thick and the fine
rolling mill terns out sections of varioue shapes with a,diameter
of 50 mm? as sell as various oeations 15 - 5(Ymm. id -Profile (sic)0
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Iron ore is delivered to the ftctoryfrom tha mines at Nucice (U51/167) at
.;ho rate of about 400 carloads (sic) a day. Apeteednately 25 percent of the factory
needs is covered by deliseries or poor quality oro from the maa9 while ?
deliveries of high quality Swedish ore also fill some of the factory
requirements. The ore lz trannperted in special freight cars,and an entree
in cargo can be discharvd at one time from a special bridge built over
the ore storage area,
The factory is eq nipped as followsz
lelling riiii Rough rolling mill, 4 rolling benches
(Encl. 1, fig. 18) Girder m311, 4 roiling benches
ie section 9 rolling benches
Into rolling mill, 1 rolling bench
(L'ete: all rolling benches are steam driven)
10 circular using mews for cutting rails
10 eccentric ehears.for cutting profile iron
5feseral straightening benches Lor sheets and
ecetion iron
Aout 30 cranes
Ingot pressing Shop
(Endl. 14 fig. 17)
Rolling r7i.11 for Fine Iron
(Encl.:, 1, fig. 22)
Uhintonance Department
(Encl.. 1, fig., 10)
Turning Hill
(nel. 1, fig.. 2)
Power Station
(1eel, 1, fig. 3)
Coke Plant
Lime Kiln
(Encl. 1, fig? 32)
Brickyard
(Encl, 1, fig. 33)
About 25 narrow-gauge steam locomotives service the factory In addition to the
regular railroad.
About 6) eercent of the workers, ere organized in the Commueiet Party, Let of
that number, only about 7.--.!,exart enjoy the full confidence of he Party.
General disesatisfaction with political and economic conditions prevails among
the workers. Viage scales ease omen loverod zonsidoreblr, The Iligheet egen,
are about.10.000 Kcs per menthe A good skilled worker uarns about 6,000 Eov
6 low furnaces for heating ingots
2 cranes
25 two-high mills
1 preheating furnace
2 =ems
25-30 lathes (six of thorn now ones delivered by
TOG dpring 1949-1950)
5 drilling machines (3 are HAS type)
15 nlaning machines (old type)
15 pneumaeic riveters
20 milling machines (old Gorman type)
I double shaping machine (old type)
5 oloctre welding sets
1 copying flame cutter
10 pneumetic portable grinders
70 gas melding apparatuses
5 cranes
25 old trope lathes
2 cranes
3 generators
2 steam turbines
2 eoke batteries each consisting of about
70 chambers
4 furnaces (3 are
in operation, 1 is out of order)
Llenufacture of fireclay lining for furnaces
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monthlyp while clerks receive around 41,000 Kos, and ordinary laborers 3,000
Kos monthly. The women who work in the office earn about 2000 Kea a month,
The highest paid workers aro the furnace and rolling mill operators,
6. A partial listing of leading-factory personnel is as follows*
Uorkshop Ebnager a
Chiof of Operation
rlaintenance:
Lte..;lossr
Lnr, kmagit
Chairman of RCM ftwaigagalkskz, age 50; slim; thin hal?; wears
glasses when working.
Enclosures* 1. Plan showing the location of the NOnev factory.
2. Diagram of the factory area with legend.
1, Continuation to legend in enclosure 2.
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1) Guard room I
2) Turnery of rolls
Power station
4,4a)Store of ore and ingredientl
5) Blast Furnace I
6) Blast Fur4Ace II
7) Blast FurAtce III
8) Coke kiln
9) Guard room III
10) Maintenance Workshop
11) Forming workshop
12) Boiler house
1:5) Old open hearth furnace
14-16) Offices
17) Ltatot dreosing siloP
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20) Guard room II
21) Store of fine iron
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Sklad rudy a prisad
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Vysoka pec III
Koksovna
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Udrzbarske dilny
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Stave Martinske pece
Koncelare
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Sklad jemneho zaleza
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United Steel Jorks,Jat. Corp,, A)rkshap2K0MN" KLADNO.
s_lpojene OctlamNar. nodnlki, Hut "KONET KLADNO,
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Rolling mill of small
profiles
Cas holder
Gas holder
Eailroad bridge
Arid e or narrow gauge rail-
road(transportaton cv cinder)
Guard room IV
Gas piping
ILarrow gauge railroad
Stove of beams
Auxiliary store
Lime kiln
'Rite works
Chimneys of boi,er hou:le
Chtmneys of new open
fuonaces
Chiaaey
Repaii shop of narrow Gage
lo;Qmotives
Ghtmneys of old open heartl,
furnaces
Field for run off the iron
,Itort' place
Crane road
Crane road
Heap of ove
Tuvning platform
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Zeleznicni most
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Vratnice IV
Plynove potrubt
Uzkokolejna draha
Sklad nosnlku
Pomocny sklad
7apenka
Ciheina
Kominy kotelny
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Oprovna uzkokolejnych lokom(Alv
Komtny starych NartAnSkych p(ht
Pole pro odpi-1 zet,
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Jerabova iha
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