SHORTAGES AT AUTOMOBILE PLANTS; DATA ON BUS, BICYCLE OUTPUT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100547-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 547
• Publication Date: February 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT
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DATE OF
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Economic; Technological -Industry, automotive
ION 1946
- 1952
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PUBLISHED
DATE
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Daily newspapers
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30 Sep - 15 Nov 1952
LANGUAGE
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ASK LOCAL S~~' BEARING SUPPLY -- Tbilisi,Larya Vostoka, 3p SeP 52
oP truck castingsAin theirepair sho s Forced to turn out 8G t
because the construction oP the cast-irondp which was not s ~g~~~ei~ek
The lag in castings production is holding backw~tput ofmotherds pe~e? ,
in Sege Plant Promised to organize the output oP modernized
Ptember. plant designers and technologists made considerebi~el~er shafts
the shafts, ana the chassis shop organized the output of the new
ahaYts as Promised. hanges in
model oP the ]~AZ_ 8 Zn September, the plant also c l,Y designed
5 5-B modernized dump truck. omPleted an experimental
The Plant is short of workrrs, especially Por unskilled Jobs.
Not ail machine-tool operators at the plant have become Pami].iar with
high-speed a:etal-cutting methods.
The plantrs supply problem is serious, since it depends on a
oP supplJ'~8 plants. At present, the plant receives a considerable
metal ~'~ Plants thousands of great number
are in transit Por one or two month~eters away, which means that the m~a eriala
Por quality shape steel should be included intthei Automobile Plantrs needs
TI'anscaucasus Metallurgical plant Production plan oP the
Automobile plants and plants oP other industries in the republic need
bearings, and the time has come to build a bearing plant in the Georgian SSR.
~ 1953, the plantrs production plan xill be doubled and the plan Por
engines tripled. ??? B, g~iYa, director, Kutaisi Automobile Plant
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DESIGNER4 DEVELOP SIDE-DiTMpING TRUCK __ 'Tbilisi, Zarya Voatoka, 30 Sep 52
Designers of the Kutaisi Automobile Plant are modifying tae KAZ-585_g
dump truck to meet the demands of work conditions at the construction Projects.
One such change is the inclusion of the oil pump Por the hydraulic hoist in
the transmission housing. This will eliminate the need Por a universal point
for the oil pump. The universal point is a unit which has proved short-lived.
which unload PromttheealdeatascweL' asofromsthesba k~ Ahh need for dump trucks
being developed that will weigh less than the Ydraul3c hoist is
possible. present hoist and make side dumping
Designers are develepiag a stronger chassis for the dump truck.
The tractive qualities of the KAZ-585-E moat be improved. This can be done
by increasing the torque oP the KAZ-120 engi~, __ A, Kriger, chief designer
Kutaisi Automobil? Plant
Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 30 Sep 52
The experimental shop of the Kutaisi Automobile Pleat hen built three ex-
perimental KAZ-150 trucks, based on the ZIS-150 Truck. More than 80 changes
in the trucks design have been made, and some of thr_;,e changes have been ap-
proved by the Ministry of Automobile and Tractor Industry and put into practice
at the Moscow Automobile Plant imeni Stalin. These experimental trucks have
been undergoing testa on the mountainous roads oP the Georgian SSR for over a
year.
Production of engine blocks with short, acid-resistant cylinder sleeves
has greatly increased the life eP truck engines,
SCORES IHERFICZENCy AT MINSK P1A1V'F __ Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorusaiys, 13 Nov 52
The Minsk Automcbile Plant continues to work in epui~ts, and more than half
the month.iy output is hurriedly turned out in the last 10 days of the month.
Truck Pramea are still riveted with pneumatic hammers, Three men are em-
ployed at this task, and it takes 3 or 4 minutes to fasten each rivet. The
p1Bnt has long 6111Ce developed an attachment Por hydraulic riveting which would
free one of the men now occupied at the t8ak, make the ,joo easier, and increase
labor productivity. Rowever, nothing has been done about Producing the attachment.
On the main assembly line one of the mayor tasks, nut tightening, is done
moat] by hand, Electric nut tighteners are used for only a feu. sizes of nuts
and break down quickly because they are not adapted for work on large trucks.
The plant does not make special nut tighteners,
Many of the plants shops are short of dies, and the tool shop does not
supply tools on time.
A powerful crank press Yor cutting out spring leaves hsa been idle Por a
long time, A conveyer line Por heat treating, planned in 1950, has not yet been
put into operation because the foundry has failed to make several parts foe. it.
Domorad, chief mechanic, is responsible Por such failures to utilize highly
productive equipment.
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Monthlj. re~ecta 1II the foundry are as much as 10 to 12
percent.
gokin, ch1eP designer of the p]sIIt, has long held back aII inaovatur~s
Proposal that accelerator pedalo be made oP odd pieces of sheet steel instead
of being stamped from aonPerrous metals, even though this innovation Brill save
~r7~ rubles yearly,
HEAVY Dtl~~ TRUCKS FOR C~3TRUCTION PROJECTS __ Moscow, Izveatiya, 4 Oct 52
The Minsk Automobile Plant has produced seven 25-ton dump trucks for the
construction Projects.
~~ BVII~g TROLLEY BUSES -- Tashkent, Pravda Voatoka, 15 IIov 52
built in October and he~firstrlOadays of Nove~mber~ito Tashkent aIIdtr~ Ata es,
Tl~e plant started making trolley buses in 1951, and is constant],y increasing
i,s output. In October 1952, the plant built 29 trolley buses, elmoat twice
ae malty as i+, built in January 1952.
BOOST BZi~ Oi~TPS1T __ Riga, Sovetskaya Iatviya, 1 Nov 52
In October 1952, the Riga Sarkana Zvayg,no vet turned out as maq}r bicycles
as it did in all oP 1946.
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