FIGURES ON 1951 PRODUCTION, PLAN FULFILLMENT FOR USSR MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY

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CLASSIFICATION CC'L'IDENTIAL
CENTRAL~INTE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
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REPORT
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Economic . Technological, machine tools
INFORMATION 1940 - 1952
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FIGURES ON 1951 PRODUCTION PLAN FULFILLMENT
FOR USSR MACHINE TOOL INDUSTR:'
OUTLINE 1951 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 1952 ASSIGNMENTS -- Moscow, Izvestiya, 30 Jan 52
The quantity of metal-cutting machine tools produced in 1951 was 1.65
times as great as in 1940; in weight, output was 2.5 times as great. The in-
crease in machine tool cutout was accompanied by an increase in the number of
types (which was 3.5 times as great), and the perfection of high-speed machine
tools with an automatic or semiautomatic work cycle, special, combination, and
heavy machine tools, and automatic transfer machine lines.
By the end of the first postwar Five-!ear Plan, machine tool builders had
increased the production of' automatics, semiautomatics, and precision machine
tools more than four times; of heavy machine tools, more than six times; and
of combination and special machine tools, more than ten times as compared with
1940. The machine tool building industry exceeded its postwar Five-Year Plan.
The Report of the Central Statistical Administration attached to the
Council of Ministers USSR noted that in 1951 the machine tool building indus-
try achieved new goals, fulfilling the state plan for gross production. In
1951, approximately 150 new types of high-duty metal-cutting machine tools and
press and forging machines were perfected, as well as a significant quantity
of new types of hard-alloy tools.
For machine tool builders, 1951 was a year of struggle for further tech-
nical progress. The output of heavy machine tools increased as compared with
1950; the production of automatics, semiautomatics, and precision machine tools
increased more than one third. Simultaneously, the degree of automatization
and mechanization of series-produced general-purpose machine tools increased.
These factors simplify machine tool control, assure more accurate machining of
parts, ease the labor of the worker, and increase his productivity.
In 1951, machine tool builders mastered the production of several very
important models of heavy and universal machine tools for leading branches of
the national economy including the met,,llurgical, petroleum, and automobile and
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tractor industries, and heavy machine building. Thus, the ffegor'yevsk7 Kom-
somolets Plant perfected several. new high-precision gear-processing machines
which had not been produced earlier. The Moscow Krasnyy Proletariy Plant imeni
A. I. Yefremov put out a series of high-speed semiautomatic lathes and high-
duty precision screw-cutting lathes. The Leningrad Automatics Plant perfected
high-duty automatic turret lathes; the Odessa Milling Machine Plant mastered
the series production of jig boring machines. New types of machine tools were
also perfected by the Kolomna Heavy Machine Tool Building Plant, Gor'kiy Mil-
ling Machine Plant, and the Kramatorsk Plant. In 1951, other unique and heavy
machine tools up to 180 tons in weight were developed. A portion of these will
machine parts for aggregates for construction projects. An increase in the
number of types of machine tools and the expansion of production of combination
machine tools and automatic transfer machine lines has made it possible for the
country to free itself completely from importing metal-cutting machine tools.
The increased production of machine tools, presses, hammers, tools, and
abrasive products was accompanied by higher qualitative indexes. The assign-
ment for labor productivity was exceeded; it was 116 percent of the 1950 fig-
ure. The state plan for lowering the cost of production and the accumulation
plan were also exceeded.
By 1952, the number of high-speed workers at plants of the Ministry of
Machine Tool Building had reached 7,235.
The work done by a number of outstanding designers on the development of
new machines must be noted. A group of designers under the leadership of Z. I.
Koval'chuk designed a series of heevy gear-milling machines and a vertical bor-
ing mill. New heavy lathes were designed under the leadership of N. A. Bon-
darchik, engineer-designer of the Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Building Plant.
A group of designers of the Komsomolets Plant under the leadership of S. A.
Mosolov developed high-duty, high-precision gear-processing machines.
Many machine tool building plants exceeded the 1951 plan and attained out-
standing success in improving their economic indexes. Among these plants are
the Krasnyy Proletariy Plant imeni A. I. Yefremov, the fLeningrad7 Plant imeni
Il'ich, the Moscow Frezer Plant imeni Kalinin, the Leningrad Tool Plant, and
the fKirov7 Krasnyy Instrumental'shchik Plant.
However, many shortcomings still exist. Press and forging machine plants
fell short in the production of very important press and forging machines and
automatics. A number of machine tool building plants did not fulfill their
plans for gross and commodity production. The fovosibirsk7 Tyazhstankogidro-
press Plant, the Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Building Plant, the Kiev Auto-
matics Plant, and the Saratov Gear Shaper Plant are lagging seriously.
In 1952, the machine tool building industry must further increase the out-
put of products, develop heavy machine tool building, and increase the produc-
tion of automatics and semiautomatics, precision machine tools, automatic
transfer machine lines, and automatic shops. In particular, heavy machine
tool building plants must supply modern machine tools to enterprises manufac-
turing hydroturbines and hydrogenerators for the large construction projects,
and set up the output of heavy and unique lathes, vertical boring mills, du-
plicating and milling, boring, and gear-processing machines for machine build-
ing.
Machine tool builders have developed automatic transfer machine lines for
the production of parts for internal-combustion engines. In the course of
several years, these lines have shown high operational qualities. It can be
stated positively that the way to complex automatization of production proc-
esses has been found. Now the task is to utilize the experience acquired. In
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.952, machine tool builders must supply machine builders with automatic lines
for the production of moldboards and plowshares. Automatic lines for the man-
ufacture of bolts and nuts must be built for the metallurgical industry.
To complement the already mastered series production of high-speed lathes,
milling, drillinr;, and boring machines, new high-speed grinding machines which
can achieve a cutting speed of up to 50 meters per second, and high-speed gear-
milling machines must be developed.
In this way, wide utilization of high-speed methods will be possible in
most diversified operations, and conditions for rhythmic work in all metal-
working sections will be created.
The volume of production in machine tool building in 1952 must be in-
creased consideraol"", for the most part by increasing the output of heavy ma-
chine tools and lar;,e press and forging machines. For example, the average
weight of a machine tool in 1952 must be increased 25.3 percent and of press
and forging machines, 43.6 percent, with a simultaneous increase in efficient
utilization of metal and a significant technical improvement of aggregates. In
1952, the degree of automatization and mechanization of series-produced uni-
versal machine tools will be higher: the output of special and specialized ma-
chine tools will increase. This will permit the perfection of technological
processes, an increase in labor productivity, and a decrease in labor consump-
tion.
The basic trend in the development of machine tool building in 1952 must
be along the following lines: the manufacture of experimental models of ma-
chines, the designs of which have already been completed, and their introduc-
tion into series production; a v-eater degree of unification of machine tools,
units, and parts; a decrease in the total number of parts in a combination ma-
chine tool and the saving of metal in its construction.
The improved quality of domestic machine tools is making great demands
upon tool makers. This branch of industry will increase the production of
hard-alloy cutting tools for further development of high-speed cutting. High-
speed workers will receive new high-precision automatic and semiautomatic
checking and measuring instruments which will measure parts while they are be-
ing machined at high speeds.
In the abrasives industry, in addition to an increase in the output of
products, the quality of Grinding wheels will be improved.
Besides solving these problems, machine tool builders will continue their
work in the development of automatic shops for mass production of parts and in
setting up the second section of the automatic plant for the production of
automobile pistons.
To improve the over-all standing of machine tool building, special atten-
tion will be given to bringing lagging machine tool building and press and
forging machine building plants up to expectations. This refers to casting
shops and foundries. Pourers are attempting to make thin-wall castings, de-
crease allowances, increase the relative proportion of machine molding and
chill casting, and decrease the number of reject castings. A great deal of
importance is being placed on the introduction of making patterns in separate
operations. Forming of parts instead of forging will be done to a greater ex-
tent in 1952.
Further improvement in technical and economic indexes must also be made
by the machine tool building industry in 1952. This includes a reduction in
the consumption of metal, heat, and electric power; an increase in labor
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Productivity; better utilization of equipment; a decrease in overhead expenses;
and elimination of rejects and all types of nonproductive expenditures. -- A.
Kostousov, Minister of Machine Tool Building USSR
PLANS COMPLE?PE 1951 YEAR PLAN -- Moscow, Izvestiya, 3 Jan 52
The Minsk Machine Tool Building plant imeni Kirov completed its 1951 pro-
gram ahead of schedule.
In 1952, it must produce 19 new types of machine tools.
Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 11 Dec 51
The Minsk Tool Plant of the Ministry of Machine Tool Building USSR com-
pleted its 1951 plan on 4 December 1951. The 1951 plan for gross production
was fulfilled 100 percent. Labor productivity in 11 months of 1951 was in-
creased 22 percent.
Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 22 Dec 5.e
The Minsk Tool Plant of the Ministry of Local Industry Belorussian SSR
completed the 1951 production program 100.3 percent.
In ll months of 1951, the plan for labor productivity was exceeded 4.4
percent; cost of production v a decreased 4.3 percent.
Moecw, Izvestiya, 17 Nov 51
The Irkutsk Machine Tool Building Plant has completed its 1951 plan.
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