SOVIET PLANTS TO EXPAND TRACTOR OUTPUT

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• Sequence Number: 151
• Publication Date: March 31, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Economic; Technological - Agricultural
machine building
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PUBLISHED Monthly periodicals, daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED Nov 1953
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SOVIET PLANTS TO EXPAND TRACTOR OUTPUT
PLAN INCREASED PRODUCTION OF TRACTORS, TRACTOR DEVICES -- Moscow, Avtomobil'naya
i Traktornaya Promyshlennost', Nov 53
The decrees of the Central Committee of the CPSU on increasing agricultural
output call for a sharp increase in tractor production.
The Ministry of Machine Building USSR must organize mass production of
agricultural machines for potato and other vegetable crops. Among these
machines are: the SKG-4 four-row checkrow potato planter, the KON-2.8p
four-row cultivator and hiller, the KRN-2.8 cultivator and fertilizer, the
SON-2.8 vegetable planter, the NN-0.3 universal loader, and others.
The above-named machines are used with the KhTZ, Universal, and Belarus'
wheel tractors and the EDP-35 crawler tractor with a compression ignition
engine.
In 1953, tractor-building plants must produce 1,500 KDP-35 tractors, 300
Universal tractors, and 800 KhTZ-7 tractors in excess of 1953 production plans..
In 1954, 49,000 row-crop tractors must be produced, and in 1955, 69,000.
The KhTZ-7, Belarus', and Universal-2 tractors are being equipped with
hydraulic power lifts. Beginning with the third quarter 1954, the KDP??35 will
be equipped with a hydraulic power lift.
The Minsk Tractor Plant, which has begun the production of Belarus' tractors,
will also produce hydraulic power lifts for IODP-35 tractors.
A new speed-reducing unit for the Belarus' and EDP-35 tractors is being
developed and tested. The Minsk and Lipetsk tractor plants will mass produce
'these speed-reducing units, which will permit operation at 0.5-2.5 kilometers
per hour.
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Powers drive units and power take-of' shafts are series produced by
tractor plants. The increased number of farm machines will require a 200-300
percent increase in the production of power drive units and power take-off
shafts.
Checkrow planting of potato crops must be done in a very straight line.
Special sighting devices for installation on tractors must be developed.
A power drive for the power take-off of the EDP-35 and Universal tractors
has not been developed as yet. Design of a power drive for the Belarus' and
EhTZ-7 tractors has been developed but not tested.
Designers of agricultural machines and designers of tractors do not make
efforts to design matched equipment. It is essential that the work of these
two closely allied branches of industry be coordinated.
In 1954, the task of designinb and producing a model of a self-propelled
chassis must be completed. This chassis should be suitable for all machines
used in growing of cotton, corn, and sugar beet.
The Vladimir Tractor Plant must withdraw from production the Universal
tractor, which is obsolete in many respects, and organize the production of
the 24-horsepower VTZ-T24 tractor equipped with a compression ignition engine
and low-pressure balloon tires.
The Ehar'kov Tractor Plant must organize the mass production of a com-
pression ignition engine for the KhTZ-7 tractor, which is now equipped with
a gasoline engine.
The Rubtsovsk Altay Tractor Plant has designed a 70-horsepower crawler
tractor equipped with a compression ignition engine. The second series of
state tests of the crawler tractor will be held in 1954. In 1954, the plant
must complete the design of the DT-55 tractor, which is intended for use on
swampy ground.
The Stalingrad Tractor Plant must complete designs of the GT-58 gas-
generator tractor and the DT-57 tractor for use on steep slopes.
Gosplan USSR and the Ministry of Machine Building USSR are charged with
allocating large sums in their 1954-1955 plans for completion of tractor
building plants. The completion of plants includes the construction of basic
and auxiliary shops, and fully equipping laboratories and experimental shops.
PROGRESS AT SOVIET TRACTOR BUILDING PLANES -- Petrozavodsk, Leninskoye Znamya,
19 Nov 53
The Stalingrad, Kharkov, and Chelyabinsk tractor plants were the first
three built during the prewar Five-Year Plans.
The Rubtsovk Altay, Lipetsk, and Vladimir tractor plants were built dur-
ing World War 11.
The Minsk Tractor Plant was built during the postwar period. The Stalin-
grad and Kharkov plants were reconstructed during the same period.
Tractor builders have achieved great successes in improving the quality
of tractors and increasing the quantity of production. During the past 3
years, labor productivity has increased 33 percent, while production cost of
the DT-54 tractor was reduced 20 percent, of the KD-35 tractor, 30 percent,
and of the Universal tractor, 19 percent.
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The Lipetsk Tractor Plant is producing KDP-35 crawler tractors. The
EDP-35 tractor can be equipped with either a narrow or wide track.
During 1954 and 1955, a number of agricultural machines will be produced
for work with the 12-horsepower KhTZ-7 tractor.
Production plans of the Vladimir Tractor Plant call for an increase in
the output of Universal tractors. The SKhM-48 cotton picker is designed for
use with the Universal-2 tractor. Many new designs of agricultural machines
have been developed for use with Universal tractors, such as the four-row
checkrow potato planter, a universal loader, the NT-2 manure spreader, and
others.
In order to meet increased production plans, tractor building plants
must utilize all production reserves.
Lately, the work at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant has improved. The
plant has pledged to fulfill its production plan for tractors ahead. of sched-
ule, to exceed the yearly production plan for spare parts by one million
rubles, and to lower the number of-rejected items during the fourth quarter
1953 by 30 percent.
A good example of whet can be achieved by proper use of production re-
serves is afforded by the Kharkov Tractor Assembly Plant. Since September
1953, the output of KhTZ-7 tractors has increased 50 percent, and in 1954
the increase will be doubled. The personnel of the plant has pledged to ex-
ceed its 1953 production plan for KhTZ-7 tractors by 1,000. On 23 October
1953, the plant had already completed its November 1953 production plan for
KhTZ-7 tractors. The Kharkov Tractor Plant, which produces most of the
parts for the KhTZ-7 tractor, has been of great aid in assisting the Kharkov
Tractor Assembly Plant to exceed its production plans.--P. Parfenov, chief,
Main Administration of the Tractor Industry, Ministry of Machine Building USSR
REJECTS CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES -- Moscow, Sovetskiye Profsoyuzy, No 3, Nov 53
The output of tractors in 1954, as compared to production plans in 1953,
will be 7 times greater at the Lipetsk Tractor Plant, 4 times greater at the
Minsk Tractor Plant, and 2 times greater at the Kharkov Tractor Assembly
Plant.
In the first 9 months of 1953, the i0iar'kov Tractor Plant exceeded its
production plan for all items by 3.7 percent. The plant's production of con-
sumer goods was 26.9 percent greater than planned. The plant produced 1,600,000
rubles' worth of spare parts above the plan and made an additional profit of
4,700,000 rubles by lowering production costs.
However, many plants of Glavtraktoroprom (Main Administration of the
Tractor Industry) are turning out too many rejects. During the first 8 months
of 1953, enterprises of Glavtraktoroprom have suffered a loss of 67.5'millions
of rubles due to rejected items. Exceptionally large losses due to rejects
were sustained by the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and the Lipetsk Tractor Plant;--
.1. Blinov, chairman,?Central Committee, Trade Union of the Machine Building
Industry
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PLANT EXCEEDS PRODUCTION PLAN FOR TRACTOR ASSEMBLY -- Moscow, Izvestiya,
25 Roy 53
On 14 November 1953, the Xhar-k., Tractor Assembly Plant fulfilled its
1953 production' plan for tractor outputThe plant's personnel pledged to
put out 1,000 additional tractors above-the plan by 21 December 1953?
In the
ducittg first 10 months of 1953, the plant saved 3,100,000 rubles by re-
production costs.
Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 19 Nov 53
The XbTZ-7 tractor, put out by the Rhar'kov Tractor Assembly Plant, is
equipped with an NS-52-M hydraulic system, a power take-off, and a driving
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