MOSCOW AUTO PLANT TO MAKE BICYCLES; PARTS SHORTAGE STALLS TRUCK REPAIRS; GIVES SPECIFICATIONS OF DT-54 TRACTOR

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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic - Automobile arms tr,i:ttr in@ et.ry
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MOSCOW AUTO PLANT TO MANE BICYCLES;
PARTS SHORTAGE STALLS' TRUCE REPAIRS;
CSIVI:S SPE4?FICATIONS OR DT-5L TRAM 0R
PREPARES TO PRODUCE BICYCLES -.- M:Isccw, Mcekov=kay_a Fxia.vda, 8 Feb 51
The Moscow Automobile Plant imeni Sta .IYt is mnlcf rug pN}partt ;n._r3 f:,r
the production of bicycles. It start pr uZ:'-ng the pets the
B-110 bicycle in February ani v .i1 bea_n t,3 ea.~emhle the b'.cyclee in March.
TRACK OF PARTS HOLDS UP TRUCK KQITIFMENIT -- Mcsc.cv, I-~vestiy9', 9 Feb 51
ancaimtering
The Kharkov 0snovyanskiy Br,.Ier an.. Weli'9.rg Fl-,nt is
enormous difficulties in its ef'f'ort to fill .rdera frcm varicras parts of
the USSR for the installation of fuel. tank,- in trucks which are being rigged
for the sowing season. These tracks, upon lesuing KharT:kav, g3 to MTS in
the Tadzhik, Uzbek, and EstcniarA SSR, Stavrcpa1T Kray, and Rostov and Stalin-
grad oblasts.
.-More than 2,000 such trucks are now craeiing the plantle premises, but
it is impossible to begin work. on them.beceuse the Ministry of Agricultural
Machine Building USSR has failed to deliver the necessary iron sheeting, pumps,
and'valves. Although the ministry produces these parts in its own plants, it
failed to.place an order. for them in due time.
In this connection, the Ukravtogenvespriea Ukrainian Autogenous Welding
Industry?] Trust is at fault. Its director, Predko, should have sought the
assistance of local enterprises. At the initiative of the F1arVkov City
Soviet, local industry has been helping all-Union enterprises and would have
produced the valves and pumps for the Osnovyanekiy plant. When, at the end
of January, the plant Gs management sent an urgent request to Predko for in-
tervention, he offered no tangible assistance. Instead, he promised to send
over his deputy, Patov, who would. try to help the plant meet its January
norm.
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In the meantime, the management, dubious of results, asked help from
the Lvov and Ternopol' plants of the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Build-
ing USSR, which manufactures such valves and pumps. However, they did not
even bother to reply to the letter.
Following this, Director Rud' telegraphed, over the head of the trust,
to the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building USSR. He received the
following reply from Bernartovich,d4pt1 Y chief of the Aft1mistration of
Repair Enterprises; "Don't worry, funds have been allocated. Orders have
been given; wait."
What a strange case of indifference.' -- P. Annenkov, Pravda correspon-
dent
DESCRIBES DT-54 DIESEL TRACTOR -- Moscow, Vestnik Mashinoatroyeniya, No 1,
Jan 51
The DT-54 diesel tractor produced by the Stalingrad and Khar'kev plants
is much superior to the STZ-NATI and other types of tractors made in the USSR.
The DT-54 tractor has a four-cycle, compressorless diesel engine, which
can develop 54 horsepower at 1,300 revolutions per minute. Its fuel consump-
tion is 220 grams per horsepower per hour, which is less than that of the STZ-
NATI tractor. One DT-54 tractor alone saves about 10 tons of fuel yearly.
The DT-54 tractor has a high degree of wear resistance in its principal
parts. Its piston pins last twice as long as those of the STZ-NATI tractor,
and its piston rings and cylinder sleeves last 500 hours longer. Its valves
are ground six times less frequently than those of the STZ-NATI tractor.
Many of its bushings are interchangeable, therefore, much of the handwork
involved in repairs, which requires great skill, is eliminated.
The perfection of the design is shown in such improvements as a carbon
shaft with elastic joints, an oil filter with a double filter element, and
an oil radiator.
The tractor has a five-gear transmission, as follows:
I
II
III
IV
V
Reverse
Speed (km/hr)
3.59
4.65
5.43
6.28
7.9
2.4
Traction power at hook
(kg)
2,850
2,100
1,750
1,450
1,000
The DT-54 tractor is started by a one-cylinder, 10-horsepower gasoline
motor. It has an enlarged fuel tank, which cuts the time lost in filling it.
For the design of the DT-54 tractor, the Stalin Prize has been awarded
to Chief Engineer V. A. Kargopolov and Chief Designer A. K. Platonov of the
Stalingrad Tractor Plant and a number of workers of the Kharkov and Altay
,tractor plants.
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1950 INCREASE IN TRUCKS, TRACTORS, CARS -- Moscow, Trud, 28 Jan 51
According to the report published by the Statistical Administration of
the Council of Ministers USSR concerning plan fulfillment in 1950, the
folloring production increases over the 1949 totals occurred in that year:
trucks, 30 percent; passenger cars, 41 percent; motorcycles, 34 percent;
fork lifts, 82 percent; tractors, 23 percent.
URAL PLANTS SEND TRUCKS, TRACTORS TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS -- Moscow, Pravda,
8 Feb 51
In January, the Ural Automobile Plant imeni Stalin (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
dispatched a column of Ural-ZIS 3-ton trucks to the Volga-Don Canal construc-
tion project.
The Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has sent 40 powerful caterpillar tractors
to the Kuybyshev, Stalingrad, and Volga-Don Canal construction projects.
Moscow, Moskovskaya Pravda, 9 Feb 51
A number of powerful dump trucks were recently dispatched to the Volga-
Don construction project by the Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant. These
trucks were produced 2 months ahead of time.
MINSK PLANT SENDS DUMP TRUCKS TO KUYBYSHEV -- Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda,
7 Feb 51
The Minsk Automobile Plant today dispatched a large number of dump
trucks to the Kuybyshev hydroelectric construction project. Currently,
the plant is engaged in the production of a'large number of trucks for
the Volga-Don Canal construction project.
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