QUANTITY AND TYPES OF OPTICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AT ZAVOD 393 IN KRASNOGORSK AND AT ZEISS IN JENA

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• Publication Date: August 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SEORET
SECURITY INFORMATION
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within themean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. dude, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its co itents
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COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast)/Germny (Soviet Zone tEPORT
SUBJECT Quantity and Types of Opt:ical Machinery DATE DISTR.
and Equipment at lavod 393 in Krasncgorsk
and at Zeiss in Jria NO. OF PAGES
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
ZAVOD 393, KRASNOOORSK ix 5.-5 . E '7-19). USSR
all optical gg.asrn tLsed at Zavod 393,fom 191}6 imt3.1
~wal,a ~r?oug to the Zavod' from Zeiss in Jena. in the course of the
di1rta}atling and transfer of the Zeiss plant, to Zavod 3930 , There was
no indicatidn that shortages existed in optical' glass at Zavod 393,
and the qudll.ty 'was good,
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All lens grinding and polishing machines
at avo Ls een transferred from Zeiss in Jena. Then er o
machines for' lens production and for metal parts fabrication at Zavod
393 amounted to appro dmately on.e-third of the entire Zeiss,plant in
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Jena as it existed prior to the dismantling in 1946. There wereper-
he.ps 100 lens grinding machines with multiple spindles (ragging from
6 to 24 per machine). These same machines also had polisaing adapters
which could be used interchangeably with the grinders. There were.
at least 300 milling machines, all of similar size9 with about halt of
this number of the vertical type and the other half horizontal ty ess
all from Zeiss9 Jena. There were at least 100 metal grinding machines
of all sizes. The
largest category of machines transported to Zavod 393 was lathes.
There?were at least 200 small mechanie??a lathes (Mechaniker?s
Drehbanke) for light assembly work; at least 100 medium lathes,
and a minimum of 100 heavy lathes, the two latter sizes used for
regular production work. In addition, there were numerous boring
machines and drill presses, both large and small, as well as h
smaller machine equipment, all from Zeiss J na.
Soviet types were-also ir
use, since a shortage se
of the boring machinea.
Zavod 393 had an apprentice prog.rrabm with approximately 200 boys and
100 girls enrolled. A part of the group, both boys and girls, attended
the apprentice school in. K~rasa~ ~s~ and the others actually wor
in the plant.
the Zeiss plant in Sena,, Germany, does not supply ary
production machines to Soviet b:Lcc optical plants. From 1947 (since
the dismantling) to the present timed, the Zeiss lant has been en e
in reitorina its own Production fa,oili a
The absence of dividing engines 9 especially--
in the unusua or non-rnormal size,,a, is hampering present production at
Their
course of training appeared to last approximately two years,
but this is difficult to de-y:ermine ac.urately.
Zeiss. It should be noted that even as late as last year one
greatest problems in the experimental depart ent was the. difficultz
in getting proper or adequate machines and equipment. did not get
sufficient number" Qf light boring machines, small, milling machines'.
and llG'3;4 Furthermore;, actual hand tools, drill bits,
ahd assorted shop tools were in extreme short supply, all of which madt
nopaaal work activity a difficult problem. This shortage probably still
ex.sts since thereseemed F]to be no sign of improvement. '
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