TIRE FACTORY AT MOSCOW

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• Publication Date: June 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION..._
INFORMATION _ REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Mowsc Oblast)
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
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CIRCULATE
Tire Factory at Moscow
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ORREVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
The o c Tire Factory (~oilirea-ie~__ Shinny avod) ie lc,ca?ted - i~, the Zane-8aican
of Mosoaw0 The f ae-tory i s situated nearD and t6-the north-of'Iii it "state
Be ing Factory i ni -Kagaxtiov ssh ,ate e~et eat Bo n ra a I a r a o : beq- mre' of differ?erit types in
addition to alterations in the quantities contained in the mixturese Apart
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s 'a` n ".rya x-. .1'1 O IF ? W- PI .& O` Y
from 'tthi, ,'the xta ufaotura of tires took longer than previously, and the work= xa
had acquire a now teehzi.quea
July ,1951 the favItory was producing tires of all ty s?: e wIt the ekoep? i o i o_t..
?eft tires, Special tiros for racing o sa, tires for EIS-150 h e ale trucks
13, The rlu l'ity of the tires deteri.oratedo and the percentage of ep e ts i c,rea_sed._ _
t times to 2 percent. - W1 g. to ~ he larger niz ber of ii, es praduoed a 2 p6roent
rejection enoa ted to 2,500-30000 Completely xle j6cted tires ar c :athg _ (map1; i tB
We're received from oustomc s .that after a short per od of to e :e tread fie
t .;re a?aeled off from 3 e b aker "breaker) or from the frarf , ork 'and vometimes
the fr ework itself split up into lerers
l4a An, the f ct ar y rae. ncc f lf l ling the requirements of a takh nE ente.., awn sep..
the, Zh(ienov area, Pty or gaga ation m vt!.e tigated the re son for the e1. b iaraa
t l,on Lis the quell esy of the output, and. ? re director Cher fWk r, .kho* gh ...
Ce:axrs a x;a, t, wag se ?er?ely err i ti;cdzed. by the fa c;t r y? '` toy yo r axxd zati b Cheevnokav
was, however, di defended by th?~ factory trade union or n-f ,? rievra e ,ded? Tay
Ka hch ir z : r^etai..ned his post, Tie was ( also defended by the factory Party
orI e i ationt, headed. by K. IL l atiyeva
aixture of natural end synthetic rubber.
Research Institute of the Tire Industry carried out 'e haustdver r l 't
bath : , the central laboratory . of the fac;t& y ar1d, a'ls'o' in the_ 6; periia64t; A shop.
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lyo ,? ~eriels were introduced in th - ebb' i ix r e g c aiia alter t'dris ! M6 In
the ,,`khods -of p:roductione This hrou t about eax, impre. ?eiitennt a.n the 41ift 1tT of
tlie and it is hoped that the quality ~a:f ti-6-ip daa,eDee..i:i~_.thenear
f^a t w~i 11 be - in no way i.rferia." to those manufactured in the Ipast from
1946 there has been a considerable annual I:n.O* e, e i. the autput csf tiresg
Methods Employed in the Factor
and itu 1.950 the output e ual,led that cad the arcs ,av1. Order of I nin Tire
Tina t a No. 7SSe wthich is the largest tire factory in the USSR
17a soot egad other r. ter?ials are loaded into mechanical carts which are raised in,
speoi 1 elevators to .he prep r?at .oi shop (pesl:go'bovitelily tsekh) g situated an "
the fourth floor,, w ere 'soot is e.leaded into D-,ahinery ? a T r ;c e ~
ems;+,d, pipes and is subsequently tr nape ted by corsreyors to the rubber mixing
shop 4
180 Ira, tg of m .rye Yi.a: _'re rfe)ber such as moat, sulphur, rosin8 U'is done by
r; ,finery, MeaBva.x-.g out is done automatically. $peet l scales; whicI have..
been enviously adjusted, weigh and apportion soot for rubber of a parbio le
tyye
19. Cutting of rubber is done by hydr^aul,i,c out-torso
200 In the calendar shop rubber is wed about the shops on Oas . reybr belts,,wh .,le
cord ? d .fabrics are moved by motors *ich run an rails suspends fire= the
veiling"
lid Tires ere moved from the assembly shop qn a oo eyor . to the_vulot ;ising shop,
Where t ey ,are a .tca ties lyr thr off the' c.orirey?orn ' e11l in tranat
the vulcanizing ni drag shops the t ire's o through a ageai. pro6oss iing whit
they e given the -required ?.. tal a i ing is oarried ou?t In separate
r?e a airs _ 0 at-L) ... `ihii _operation
moulds (water temperature 180.. de i;~eOsa a vq- x
is done"automaticallyo and worker,% are only required to r?e ove the finished
a ti.oles
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22, Thore is a very large inner, tube shop with :r4owad p *sses equipped with hot
dt pipes and fitted with measuring amd oo t ol. device o Cutting of the inner
tube is effected with the aid of a photoelectric cello
lea of Tires Prodaxced,with Their Markingo
25e. Two categorl,es of tires are produ.oed0 ? .e of tUiea is for l ht cars aid is
as the ordinary (o`hy hove y) and the second for t akop motor buseip
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mod, trolley buses and is Lxaown as the gii,t (gl.g.t)o This division of tires
wa officially abolished. after, the war but is neverthelo s used by all tire
fa,vtories and rotor ?eha,cle orgtauizations0
Super-balloon tires (pressure O?8==lo75 acre) a The ?d b of .
these tires is greater than, that of the to -pressu e balloon
tires e
have greater -i, dth tai dapth 6
Low-pressure balloon tires preiaure 1.75-5 a;t ) These tires
uig pr?essi re tires (pressure 5-
24o Dependent on o tructio and air pressure tires subdivided as follow
pressure tire With external dia, ter of 34 Inches and a dth a `_..7 i chei ._._
wo,.ld be described as size 34"t, 7,,' The Width and-'depth of 9, high-pressure tire
is assumed to be equal,, so a 34-ih; h. di et r hi g i r o ti; a .wo ld f?at">~
nheel ' of 20-inch di u tore Low-pressure belIo6 i 'tii6 aye ^ e bed `el ~ ?
encl. ,0 A. t. re Marked 6,,50-20 would ai i f... ' a time with a de-tli of? 6 inches
fitting a, * O1 with'a 20.4 ch di ; e gib:. f z m ` e .of `the ti ~~ of
the nartut a,ctur'in' 'g faotorya and date of pioduotlbi rC shown on - the 'vide of
the tire., Prior to and, during the war this info ti,on -war,, en n. oodee
be marked, o YA would indicate that.. it was
Par instance a tire ,t
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produced by the Yar'oelavl, Tire Factor y$ . K would Indicate 19399 ?atd . 'stood
for Feb: xa? $ This baforra,tion is now given opaaly, VIXI' 48 5-000-16 indicates
that the titre *as :t ,nuafactured at, then Moscow 'Tiro Factory- in. Nd nb6r 1948
and is a loi- pressure tire with a l6inch rim and depth of 5 inches0
Latterly h% has been s bstituted f Me
250 the USSR the sisem of tires are given, in, inchea, as in the. TTY A h;
in the frame work of'the tire. Since 1948 cottoni' cord has bean ie laded
in some tires by viscose card or other cord impregnated with a special
heat resisting compositiono
26o A detailed description of tires produced between 1946 and 1,961 follows-.
ao to`--;pressure balloon tires 7*00-16 for QAZ M.1 ll ,Iat cars,, These tires
had four layers of cord (thick twisted, cotton tK: eed' co eyed. *l ti r abbe
34 x 7 tires for CIS?~ ZTh 8a acrid ZI -i1 t c se These tine conta ...
10 layers of cord, and two met S o so Thttq have various treat designs
including the "Ground- grip" desigi- In, 1946 the - cost of one of these
tires at the factory was about 300 rubles0
oa 4@50-16 tires for Mosich light cared four a avers of cord.
90004 0 tires for vS-Sp ZIS -8 and ZI a-16 vehit1es,- nine layers of cord
and two metal cores o
1005-2,0 tires f ZIS-1:,54 trucks an,
of r buses3 ten layers
fo 7.50-,15 tires for ZIS-l10 light carssix layers of cord.e,
7050-2 tires for 2 a5-ton -51 motor vohicles; eight layers of corde
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ha 9e001-2O tires for ZIS-150 three-axle trudl& and. for ZI2425~ t kj 10
layers of cords 'A tire of this type differ* from those of the same Mize
for ZIS-5 gooks o
.40 x 8 tires for five-ton motor -ehiolee Ya 4 and Y . 6 produa d by -
the Yaroslavl Automobile Factory; 12 layers of core: sad two metal cures,
1200-20 and 11025-20 tires fo: 5-tam and 7 -ton LZ 200 motor veh:,oles,2
14 layers of cord and two cores.
?e50-17 tires for ZIS-101 light earsg six layers of cordo
6x00416 tires for GA 20 Pobeda) e four layers of cord.
6050415 tires for GAZ-67 B six layers of oo e
no 6050-20 tires for Z A ,B six layers of eord,
.5,00-16 tires for racing cars made of special material and natural rubber?
I:a} addition, to the abovep the factory produces aircraft tires of sip e
aid motorcycle tires of of one tyke which are supplied to the Mosc-.MotQrcyole
Fasetory0
7o The life of some first- and seoondmgrsde tires is fixed at 40,000 km nd'for
light oars at 25 8000 Ims. In 19489 hoawa'eve 9 the Mosoc ' Tire F etory eom--
menced issuing guarantees with their tireso These 1x hided a 309000
guarantee for tir?as for the Most ieh light bar and a 408000. 1-&' guarantee
for tires for ZIS-150 tru.okst of v oh the standard life is 309000 k ma.
o Output in round figures is aaa follows
Tires of All T
1946 March to December) 2300000
1947 5250000
1948 9000000
1949 1759000
1950 1515000
1951 (Ja uary? to dune) 8000000
1946 to 1950 the factory turned out 4459000 tires and 592009000 inner tubes
1;soe11axaeous Output
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298 The factory also produced a considerable number of flaps,, A flap is a ring-
aped rubber bandwilh a hole to take the tube valy e a The flap is fitted
to feels of trucks and motor buses to prevent the inner tube from -rubbing
against the surface of the rime
30a The waste utilization shop (tsekh ispolzov?a n i,ya zavodskikh otkhodovv) produces
a large .umber of tire repair outfits (avtoapt echka) 9 ershoes 9 and small
rubber consumer goods of several typeso
31@ Prior to 1950 the factory produced some tire repair outfits of these tomes;,
A,FK?l9 APK--1R9 and ,Km20 The first two sets were for repairing tires and
tubes under field conditions, and the third was for repairing inner tubes
only*
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32, in 1950 the factory produced a ne,- a~ t dard repair r outfit know as the ?4~
ie h was made up of the followings
Rubber mushroom. (greyeh ) on'' metal and rubber rrr shrooms for repairing
nail punctures
a
bo Patches c .silting of strong double rubberized fabric vtopneu)) 200 x
250 mm or 350 x 5.50 ,for repairing tineaso
ao Sets of -e .leani,z.ed a.bber? Qo ;'le5 nos t 1(,,k and 1a6n3000 this
tube repairs o
do Set of c ede gabber paatchos of 45 and. 55 new diameter for use in the
lcani.zation of tubers
6, Metal -a.1o iri,ng cupso
41 R ~ressedaer imrenated with saltpeter
stin.P of comp pppg
o sa
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some other substance suitable for easy oombustiono These briquettes are
son"
used for vuloaniingo
Metal roller for treating teheso
ho Slides (zo tnik) and caps for valves.
paper No I and No 2 o
mnary
jo Motel brusheso
ko Rubber go iuti packed in tinse
le Talcum (150 grams) o
Pe: so ..e1
330 Chief personnel are as follows-.
Director Vladimir Petrovich Chesnokoio He had hold this appointment since 1945x,
Chief Engineers A. Mo Saltykoo
Deputy Chief Engineers V. Io V1asoi*
Chief Power Supply Engineers (Glavny ,ergertik) Ko Vo asnikor
Chief of the Central Laboratory?s G. Po Barteniye ?
Chief of the Design Bureaus Chemical Wagineer E. Po xapus-Una
Designers,-, Engineers Mishnee, Poly o , Shilegod.skayaa Varl -
34o Number of persona ,el employed is possibly between 3D500-40000, working in three
Shops
350 The factory has .eight main. fps and eight auxiliary shops. & description of?
some of the shops ,fol=lows s
a, Main Shope
Raw Material Preparation Shop (Tse Podgotovki S riy'a)
Chief - Engineer Yurovski o
Prepaaratory? Shop (Pod.goto i,telny? Tsekh)S Chief - M hanovo Prepares all
substane, ess bath dry and 1i.a.i.dp for the rubber mixing shopo
Rolling Shop (Valtsovy !sekh) a Chief - P' luchisti,kove
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Cal Order Shop (Tse h Kalandror) a Chief, - Doxa koia In this shop.
fabrics moving on conveyers are treated with rubber in Layers In
addition this shop pr oduc tire tread m For 'thi, 'purpe:seg the shop
is equipped with t :eery long tread aggregates (protektoray..agr gaat)o
Rubber Wing op (Ro
R zeiburdo The whop is equipped with special m o an s Chief-
eliminating
foreign matter from r hoer mixtures.
Vuicising Shop (T
kh V ik izatsf.ij Chief a
Inner, Tube Shop (K erry. Tsekh) Chief - Vi ents~ This is the
second largest shop in the ?factoryo
Asoembly Shop (Sborc hny. TseIth) Chief - ,gin er? V. A. Us. Uv be-
c a Stalin prize winner for working out, in conjunction with o er
angineer?e, machine tools of a now design and a new method of-assembling
Liresa The assembly Shop is the largest shop in the factory*
Electrical Shop (Elek richeelci Taekh) *'
Waste prwoduo s Utilization Shop (Tsekh IepoJ.zov aiy'a Zavodski
OUchodor) p
g ,ueer^ing and Repair Shop (Rementno-Me nicheski Tat
Tran pert Sop (T r .,,.) o rL i ny Tael ) a
n?tal Shop (k;e.peri n?talny Tsekh), ate,
36* in ddditton to the shape mentioned alcove j the factory hap a large .central
laboratory _ and a testing stand for tires, ( ~.spy~ta?telny stend dlya shin)e
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the stand has a large steel eel with a rough i ren M xrficK .. . re
under test, which rotates on a second heel,, is pree ed'ti.ghtl againi 'the
steel wheelo The steel wheel is then rotated at .varying eYeeds, and the
tire udder test is thus subjected to jolting, friotionaet,oa
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