STEAUA ROSIE METALLURGICAL WORKS

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• Publication Date: April 9, 1952
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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Steaua Rosie Metallurgical Wcrks
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DATE DISTR. 9 April 1952
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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 OR REVE-
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The Steaua Rosie metallurgical works in Bucharest following their nationaliza-
tion come under the control of the Ministry of Metallurgy and Chemical Industry.
Previously they were the property of a Swiss, E. Wolff. The works are located
in Strada Dr. Istrati 1, and employ 19 engineers, 28 foremen, 2,200 technical
and 140 clerical workers. During the last war the works produced steel shells and
there are indications that production of this type is about to be resumed.
The works are guarded by fourteen men of the Securitate.
Production is carried on in three separate departments, known as Technical Sec-
tions I, II and III, working respectively on turning, foundry and forging work.
Technical Section I has three principal workshops. Turning Shop No. 1 is housed
in a hall 75 meters long and 12 meters wide, built of reinforced concrete, with
a ridged metal roof. A second similar building, 15 meters by 10 meters, is con-
nected with the first and is known as the Assembly Shed. The main building is
used for the manufacture of large parts for the finished products made by the
whole works, while Turning Shop No. 2 makes the smaller pieces. The Assembly Shed
is used for putting together the sections made in the main hall including, for in-
stance, gear boxes.
The equipment of Turning Shop No. 1 consists of:
(a) Thirty-two turning and milling machines which have been there since 1942.
Most of these are of German origin, manufactured by Magdeburg, Schut & Suchard
and Loewe, and only a few are of either French or Italian make; their span
varies between 1.2 and 2.5 m. and. each has its own electric motor of 4 to 7A
h.p.
(b) Six old German lathes with a span of 5 m. They are all operated by a single
20 h.p. three-phaso 500 volt motor.
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(c) Seven old German and French milling machines, each with its own 4 or
5 h.p. motor.
(d) A new Buzzi (Italian) automatic milling machine used for making cog-
wheels, with a device to move the disc being cut in such a way that the
incisions are made the desired distance apart. This machine is con-
structed on a different principle than the corresponding American model
but produces work of a similar qualiuy though production is slower. It
is used to make the most important cogwheels needed for the concrete mixers
made by Steaua, Rosie, namely the wheel which engages all the others. The
steel used for this purpose still comes from a stock of 350 tons of "arma?
rent steel which was on the premises when the works were nationalized in
1948. This steel had been used for the production of shells during the
war and represents what was left over at the time of the armistice.
(e) Three old German Jack planes, each with a 3 to 5 h.p. motor.
(f) A new Polish--mad?: Jack plane, mode led on the well-known Loewe planing
machine, w:i.th t.vr; l:rii.ves aand 5 h.p. motor.
(g) Two old horizontal Jack planing machines of German origin, each with a
4 h.p. motor.
(h) A Rabor. oa 1 dial. drilling rnac.hine? made in Iit)nrary by Scepel in L94.8.
.four phases of its operation, (th.e raising; of the machine, the lateral mo-
tion of the machine itself, he fixing of the piece of uteel being woz ked,,
and the making of the hole), are carried out with the help of foisr separate
electric motors, of 2.z, 1., 4 and h.p. respectively.
(i) Eight, vertical drilling; machines, all old and of German make. Each is
operated by a motor of I to 212 h.p.
(j) An old Corisari :Lathe with a span of 4 is. connected to two chuck lathes for
the stripping of., i;rarllcs.hafts. The whole install :ti.on, is operated by a
single 15 Ii.lp. mot-,or with a transrni.r lion sjoto:rc.
(k) As auxiliary equ.i oro,;nt there, are also two cranes, each with a 5 h.p.
motor and a capacity of 3 and 5 tons respec tivel,,-r. They are operated from
two gantry l ric':ptc ; , one on the right and one on the left.
6. `Air?ni.ng Shop No. 2 forts a unit with the IIcrr t, Treatriiont Section and a forge. 2)+0
h.p. forging ;Less that clevice?op,s up to 200 atmospheres of pressure. llr~.c? is the
press that was us c4 j'-.) .` .he manui..).cnure of shells. It T,,Ias out of w se :frsm 944
to February 1951 whe,11 it was made ready for use again though it was not in opera,
tion by July 1951. The Turning )eetion itself mares small and accurate pieces,
including screws, screw spindles, small co ;whop Ls and pieces used for certain
apparatus especially ordered by the USSR. The Float Thoat,ssent section consists
of two electric furnaces, a methane gas furnace and tr_ro ventilators and i used
for the processing c.)f the metals used by turning aorlishop.
7. The E Call i.j)lr1E;1'r.t in Tc'r`ninp f'llop No. 2 consists of
(a) Sixteen :).led l.t dt.iatu'f ?-..nd ILilie lathes, fourteen of them with a span of
1.5 rm. and the i t:vwo with a span of 2 in. and each operated by a
separate 5 h.;pp., thhree--phase rr4otor.
(b) Two old German mll.:t._i.n; machines, each with a 4+ h.p. motor.
(c) An old GeriL.an ? rind.ing machine (without a as. netir. ;,.Late), ,,ri.th a 6 h.p.
motor giving 9,000 revolutions per minute..
(d) A snail poli.,:shin machine with 1 h.p. motor.
SLC,d.;T~ Carrr_a.cees, each with a capacity of two tons of metal,
(b) tbn electric calender roller for the cleaning of cast metal, with a 4 h.p.
motor.
(c)
(d)
Two hand polishing machines.
A pneunratic halt mer.
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(e) A mechanical sieve for the sand used in the foundry moulds,
(f) As auxiliary equipment it has an electric furnace that can be heated to
700?C for keeping matrices hot in which metal has been cast.
17. The Forging Presses are housed in a large and wide building that is 12 m.
high. It is built of concrete with a ridged metal roof. Its equipment con-
sists of:
(a) Three furnaces which are heated with gas oil, each having a capacity of
one ton of metal a day.
(b) Three electric pneumatic hammers, each with a 40 h.p. motor and a strik-
ing power of 75 tons.
(c) A new Soviet electric pneumatic hammer with a 90 h.p. motor and a strik-,
ing power of 100 tons. This is a copy of the model produced by the
Maschinenfabrik--Essen, but it is not successful as its consumption of
electric power is twice as great as that of the German machine and its
striking power relatively lower. According to the number plate it was
made at Odessa ih 1950 but, close inspection shows the figure 1142I1 under
the '150". The hammer was obtained in November 1950 at a cost of
2,8000,000 lei, or two and a half times the cost of a Swiss hammer of
the same or higher power.
(d) A compressor for the furnaces, made by the works while they were still
owned by Wolff, with a 40 h.p. motor and developing six atmospheres of
pressure. The compressor has a spare contai.her.
(e) Auxiliary equipment consists of two cranes mounted on gantry bridges,
which were made in the works themselves. Each has a capacity of 15 tons.
18. Technical Section III has two principal workshops, one of which makes boilers
while the second is a Locksmith's Shop. Mixing drums for concrete mixers and
steam boilers were made by Steaua Rosie until roughly the beginning of July
1951. Then the production of boilers was transferred to the Vulcan works and
only drums are now made at Steaua Rosie. The boilermaking shop has a special
shed for assembly work. The equipment of the boilermaking shop consists of:
(a) Four oil Wagner rollers, three for working hot metal and. one for cold.
These use heated billets to produce steel plates of 7, 10 and 12 mm.
(b) Three furnaces burning gas oil in which the billets are heated.
(c) Five Raboma lathes of which two are old and of German manufacture.
One was made in Poland and one by Csepel, Hungary. (The latter is of
the same type as the lathe employed in Turning Section No. 1).-
(d) Two Hydraulic presses which develop 300 atmospheres.
(e) Eight old grinding machines which are connected by transmission belts
to two 12 h.p. motors.
(f) 'welve small pneumatic hammers which are worked from the compressors
for the riveting of boilers and concrete machine drums.
(g) Four cutting machines which are capable of cutting plates up to 15 mm.
thick.
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(h) Five cranes which were constructed in the works themselves, two of 10
tons, two of 15 tons and one of 25 tons capacity.
19. The equipment of the Assembly Shed of the Boilermaking Shop consists of:
(a) Two old cold rollers.
(b) One cutting machine to cut and trim steel plates.
(c) Thirty--four electric are welding installations of 300 amperes which
were made by Braun-Bovery and Elin.
(d) A crane of 15 tons capacity.
20. The Locksmith's Shop has the following equipment:
(a) Five Wagner centrifugal electric presses for the manufacture of mat-
r7(.--,s, three with 12 h,p. motors and two with 8 h.p. motors,
(b) Four Schute-Suchard electric cutting machines to cut steel plates, each
with a 5 h.p. motor.
(c) Twelve 1949 drilling machines, ten of them German and two Swedish.
(d) Seven grinding machines, all operated. by one 7 h.p. motor.
(e) Two machines for cutting steel plates.
(f) Auxiliary equipment consists of 25 bench vices.
21. Other installations in the works consist of:
(a) A 15 h.p, crane mounted on rails which runs the full length of the
works in the direction of Strada Istrati.
(b) Two gasoline traction engines which run between the works and the
Filaret station. ":Ti.th the works they travel on the rails of the 1.5
h.p, crane.
(c) Depots for materials, reserve machinery and spare parts.
22, In July 1951, large quantities of spare parts for machines and 180 new elec-
tric motors were stored in the :_Iteaua Rosie depots. These were stocks bought
by the works previous to the nationalization. These together with the 350
tons of armament steel were evaluated at 55 million lei in December 1950.
23. The types and origins of raw materials are as follows:
(a) Steel billets which are 2 at. long and either 8 or 10 cm, square. They
come from l.esita, Ilunde)ara and Ferdinand.
(b) Cast iron, .from Hunedoara,
(c) Scrap, origin unknown,
(d) Aluminum from a depot somewhere near P loesti., probably Soviet-owned.
This depot supplies wrecked aircraft that are melted down in the
Steaua Rosie foundry. The depot at Ploesti is mainly supplied by
aircraft parts from Eastern Germany. This aluminum scrap is sent
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to Steaua Rosie by the Soviets for the production of specially ordered
items. Aluminum is also supplied by the Vasile Roaita factory at. Ploesti.
(this is presumably an error for Brasov), which occasionally sends a con-
signment made up of 8 kgm. aluminum bars.
(e) Bronze, origin unknown.
24. Steaua Rosie receives about. 110 tons of raw materials each o week. billets and about
10 tons are made up of aluminum and some bronze, 70 tons
cast iron, and the remainder scrap iron.
25. Products which are manufactured by Steaua Rosie consist of:
(a) Boilers: Originally Steaua Rosie made boilers for mobile and stationary
steam engines. Complete boilers were only made from 1950 onwards, these
having previously been produced without such fittings as valves, etc. In
July 1951, production of boilers was stopped again.
(b) Concrete mixers: These are of two sorts:
(i) Mixers with diesel engines supplied by the Independenta factory at
Sibiu, which also manufactures gasoline engines. Both engines have
two cylinders and are modeled after the Hanomag engines. These mixers
are for export to the USSR and for internal Rumanian consumption.
(ii) Mixers for local use only which are fitted with electric motors sup-
plied by the Dinamo factory in Bucharest, The Steaua mixing machine
is a copy of one made by a factory at Dortmund.
(c) Hand-operated elevators, 15-ton and 20-ton,
(d) Ship's winches are made without motors. The Soviets who buy these have
them fitted with diesel engines from the Independenta factory before
shipping them to the USd:h.O
(e) Gear boxes which are good copies of a British type gear box and can be
used for gantry bridges, Mumps and any other installations requiring a
multiple transmission system.
(f) Electric gantry bridges are made with a lifting capacity of 10, 15 and
25 tons. The 10 and 15 ton bridges have 15 h.p. motors and the 25 ton,
models have a 25 h.?. motor. The motors are all supplied by the Dinamo
factory in Bucharest.
(g) Special pumps for mines, having a capacity of not. less than 65 cu. M. per
hour.
(h) Centrifugal pumps with sma.l capacities for use in chemical. factories.
(i) Taps and valves made in diameters of l2, 2, 22 and 3 inches; those of .1a
inches are made of copper and. the larger ones of cast iron.
(j) Small boilers (up to 15 atmospheres) are made in accordance with special
Soviet specifications, probably for their chemical industries.
(k) The cylinders which are manufactured are special rolling machines for use
in mills of various types. They have a capacity of 3z tons and are made
to Soviet specifications, probably for their chemical industries.
(1) Pumps are wade to Soviet specifications for their chemical industries
but have not been accepted by. the Soviets.
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(m) Stone crushers.
(n) In April 1951, prcd.u.etion was begun on drilling rods with taps, fish-
tail borers, and 12 kgm. metal balls. Their end use is unknown.
(o) Chains are made to order for Sovromtr.actor in Stalin. (Brasov). Each.
link weighs 800 firms. Production began in February or March 1951.
(p) Hooks for 3 and 5-ton cranes,
(q) Electric injector nozzles, which are used, for various types of steam
engines. The model. ufadtur ed i ~ a good copy of the Standard in-
jector and, is supplied with a. one h.p. motor made by Dinalfio.
26. The Soviets are constantly pressing for greater production and object to
all delays, even those which are caused b,;; shortages or raw materials or
mechanical breakdovins. Production is supervised by representatives of a
Soviet organization knovm as SKK (Armistice Control Corrard.ssion .- Szojuzne
Kontrol Tiomisija.). It n.y be assumed that the actual production is also
the maximum production capacity of the works. The main obstacles to br,-,,
overcome are the shortage of raw materials, the deterioration of the Mach-
inery,, and sabotage. (Sabotage frequently consists of sand being thrown
into the machinery and. snort circuits. There were fourteen ?% ample s of
this in 1950 and twenty cases up to July 1951.) According to officials
figures, the production Man for the first six months of 1951 has been. ex-
ceeded by 6 percent for some items and by 18 percent for others.
27. The Production Plan for 1.951 was as follows:
(a) Si. steam boilers per month (figure is certain).
(b) One hundred fifty concrete mixers per month (figure is certain)
(c) One hundred twenty hand elevators (approximate figure)
(d) Thirty-five gear bcs>es per month (figure is certain),
(e) Four gantry bri('AL,,e- month (figure is certa n1),
(f) Sixty centrifugal niimps per month (fl-gure not certain).
(g) Fifteen thousand taps per month (figure, not certain)
(h) Thirty-'five stone crushers per month (figure is certain).
(i) Two hundred hooks for cranes (figure not certain),
(j) Two hundred forty electric injector nozzles (aoproxirrate figure),
28. Other production and special orders for 1951 are.
(a) Fifteen anchor winches in 1950 and the first half of '951 (figure is
certain).
(b) One mine pump per month (-figure is certain).
(c) A batch of 40 ;nd a batch of 12 small steam boilers especially ordered
by the Soviets (approximate figure).
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(d) Two calenders per month, as ordered by the Soviets (figure is certain).
(e) Special water pumps. These are built to Soviet: specification but the or-
der will not be taken up by the Soviets,
From April 1951, sixty oil drilling rods per month (figure not certain).
Sixty fishtail borers per month from April 1951 (figure not certain).
Metal balls (no details).
Chains (no details).
29. The following change in the Plan was made for the third quarter of 19510 After
the production of steam boilers was transferred. to the Vulcan works, Steaua
Rosie was instructed to produce an extra 150 concrete mixers per month, making
a, total of 300. It is not believed that this is possible.
30. No production details are available on the Five Year Plan.
31. The only country to which Ateaua Rosie products are exported is the USSR. Up
to July 1951, these expo:-to were all credited to the Armistice Agree, ent. This
fact is generally known,, nevertheless, four workers disappeared because they
were overheard discussing it. Technical data on the machinery is inscribed in
Russian and either Leningrad, Kharkov or Odessa is given as the place of origin.
In the factory these inscriptions are covered up with a removable metal plate
so that the inscription cannot be seen by the Rumanian workers. The machinery
is exported via Constanta after being checked on the premises by representatives
of the SKK,
32. The following sales are made in Rumania:
(a) The gantry bridgesigo to Resita, Ferdinand and Cie (sic) (which is in charge
of the Bicaz electrification project).
The Concordia Factory at Ploesti receives all the drilling equipment.
Sovromtractor receives the entire production of chains.
Other lQcal purchasers receive 40 percent of the hand elevators; 50 per-
cent of the concrete mixers, of which 35 percent have electric motors and
the remainder are oil d.r?iven; all the taps; all the hooks for cranes; 50
percent of the electric injector nozzles.
33. Exports to the USSR for 1951 comprised the following..
(a) All the production of large steam boilers.
(b) All the anchor winches.
(c) Fifty percent of the concrete mixers.
(d) Sixty percent of the hand elevators,
(e) All the gear boxes.
(f) All the mine pumps,
(g) All the centrifugal purmmps.
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(h) All the small steam boilers for special purposes.
(i) All the calenders.
(j) All the special water pumps.
(k) Fifty percent of the electric injector nozzles.
34. ~ Although 30 percent of the production machinery at Steaua Rosie is already 70
percent worn, no provision has been made in the Five Year Plan for replacements.
35. In Nay 1951, a number of new Czech and Polish machines, including a Raboma lathe,
two planing machines and a lathe with a span of 5 m. between its center points
(valued at 11 million lei), were delivered at Steaua Rosie. Everybody thought
that this was new equipment for the works, but when the machines were about
to be installed, orders arrived that they were to be repacked and shipped to
the USSR.
36. The following miscellaneous information has been reported:
(a) Tens of thousands of shells are still stored at Steaua Ro'sie.
(b) Twelve turret lathes which had been used for the manufacture of shells
were still standing in the yard. They are not being employed for peacetime
production. 5ate of information: July 195
(c) In March 1951, the Cugir works received an arms contract worth 14,000
million lei. (The original order for this is in the files of the Tana-
ger of Cugir at the Ministry of Metallurgy and Chemical Industry.)
37. An improvement on the ordinary type of lathe has been invented at Steaua Rosie
by which the cutting edge can be fixed without moving on ball bearings, which
are not available in Rumania. A total of 290 such lathes were produced by the 25X1
works and have been sent to factories all, over the country.
38.
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