SAG STICKSTOFFWERK PIESTERITZ

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
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• Publication Date: January 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CEK' NAL IN"i EL IGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. I
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and .B tt fe"W i with the ilenb `(~ ce1 I.~J "1 3' Us"a~W!?'7S'1 e y ua~'T1C~XIlu~~~1ania.
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CONFIDENTIAL in acco.dsnce with the
letter of 13 October 1978 from the
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Archivist cf th3 United States.
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I he vaar'ioue m d their heads are as follows:
Car ba.mids and dicyanc.iamide
Phosphor?ut
Carbide
Plastics (Praos-stuff )
Cale ir ni,rd ~ .1e and ca'4 clu?u ea bide
d5.~in~Fe r^a'p an
All of ,er? depart-iLeats
4. Production:
Dil rector Neubner
De Hepke
rout Weer Steir-bruck
11r Hey
~ past :,r Soinmar
Dr, Hoelemann
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a,. Calcium cy chide. In 1946/1947 the average daily production was about
~~ CoriS y u d'....".f(.'i _LY crea aed to an a eragre 200 tc2113 per day in 1941$ o'at-7.- L.".',..
i lr9 the average I3-roc ict-i_on reached 300 tons as a result of the
introduc tior, of the Hennecke shif':, system However., at the sane time
the q 1 ity of the product dropped; use of ill-i~urnt line and low gaCli t
coke t, ith high Impur G.tier of ashes and vtar reduced the calcium carbide
content oa' the xeoE .acct t,a 6 ~:.w c enc, as compared. to 75 to 80 percent
during, Vie ear -Maw Thfer coke -,ns used. The coke Presently. in use cones :"rom
the a i ci:a a region, The l isnt works w fish five 120 KV (IL .lovolt) carbide
resi Stance kilns over 20 years one of then: is always in repair
thi.1 e the others are wo l n~ ~ T of `che:,a have thodern transformers. The
la-eg3s t and .:host modern kiln with S8dcr?berg electrodes and a daily
capacity of 100 ions eras dismantled and shipped to Russia in the fall of
19b5, The carbon electrodes for the kilns are furnished by Siemens-Plani.. in
Berlin Licht nberg , The lime co es from a line plant in R.rlbeland near
Blal,,2.kenb rg (Harz) .i ch belongs to the 'iesteritz enterprise. This plan?'t
has Muse ldlus and a crew of acot-:t 350 (ho are included in the figure
bete of 3,5')0 for the total crJ w) ;; its daily production of abut 200 tors
of 'a unit t.;i~ss was recently increased an unspecified anioutit through the
introduction of the Eenriecke system. The electric power comes from Colp-_
Zschorne ri tss (about 20 k to tee: s south of Pies-teritz) over a long-ddista7 ze
PU,7or line with a capacity of 80 tOY, which sorrc ,imes car roe to 40 YV (sic"".
Only about D per^c? nt ci the carbide produced in the pi ant is sold to
Gen :~'3'~:eC"25'! es Iii the Soviet Zone or supr j.ed to military units thews
to be used a vreld .r A Thc bulk of the production is used !]a the sutra
sequent pr?cd.a.cticn of calcium cwre-z.amide and soot.
b. Cal ium:a cyanamide. An average of 300 tons per month %a_n produced during
'lx;riod `,n ay though August 1919 aithough the production capacity -r
tha p lent is much hir her. * * Fabrication. is too e; ppeasive 'because of the
lo, -1 ity of such raw material. s as coke and. ? sane,, and the enterprise
was not a.l'i cliTed to increase its prices In May 193.9, in spite of the ur?;e 4 :
need for calciim cyanide (c;/~ananile?) in /he industry of 'she Soviet Zone a.
the enterprise had a stock of 6,000 tons of this product which could nzo,",
be :old beca'ase of the lack of elosed freight cars needed for transportation
Production vi-as therefore reduced
c o Soot , The 's;n.,ks produces so-cal..:ied. split sort (,~paltruss) . The average
Teic1uction ii'i 1948 was between 1 CO and 600 tons per month, and by Augusts
=I 2 th:i. h a i -i.ncrtascd. to ? about 850 tomq a monfih ~ x The u l? of the
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30c)"C. product:Lcn goes to Russia; in June 1949, 600 tons wn i shipped there
by -,.-ay of Brest-Litovsk.
Shipments to Yugoslavia have been e'iscont? nued.. Part of
lc: sod: production is sold. to the Luna ':1or?tom in Schkcpau and to the
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c i., x_.nide of sodium, rotE~s:iurn and sodium ferroc~ idem Production of these
ter,~;scor ~rsue'~ ce sp,ecause of the existence o'?
an tuts a table stock of about 100 tons? The socbxm cyanide was put in
;sheet metal tins for the subsequent production of hydrocyanic acid,
:ti orka norm called Piathem. This is an insulation agent of solid
:'oamy, porous consisvery light and hygroscopic o It is produced
`,Yzr ough condensation of carbemide with j.f~ormaldehyde and subsequent, tx'eat-
cent with fr~cthing agents (Tlekal Bx) O 1 Production is courted by volurrce,
not weight. Output of this item has been steadily increased: in August
1949, about .,000 cubic rieters was produced; scheduled production for
September 194.9 -was 4,0O0 cubic rm ters, and for the period from 1 August
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