RUMANIAN PLANTS ADOPT SOVIET METALWORKING METHOD

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600310725-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 725
• Publication Date: June 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION coNFIDENTIALCONHflENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Economic - Heavy industry, metalworking
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Bucharest
DATE
PUBLISHED 22 Apr - if May 1950
LANGUAGE Rumanian
THIS DOCUNINT CONTAINS INFORMATION ArnCTINS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE EXAMINE OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
U. S. C. S I AND ?. AN AGUO[0. ITS TRAGSN W ION ON TNl REVELATION
OF ITS CONTNMTS IN ANY MANURE TO AN UNAUTMONILRD PERSON IS PRO-
011101D MT LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PNOMISITOD.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. (y Jun 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Rumanian newspapers have been playing up the Bortkevich method of metal-
working -- using a special alloy tool with a :negative rake angle and a high
cutting speed -- which has been adopted by turners at nine plants in Rumania.
According to the Rumanian press, the use of this method has led to extremely
rapid cutting of metal and to greatly increased production.
At the "Sovromtractor" Plant in Brasov, 11 turners are now using this
method and have reported cutting speeds up to 320 meters per minute along with
production that exceeds established quotas by 35 percent.
The "Infratirea" Metallurgical Plant in Oradea has eight turners using
the Bortkevich method and some of these have increased their production by 96
percent.
The "1 Mai" Factory in Ploesti reports cutting speeds of 340 and 355 me-
ters per minute through the use of the Soviet method of metalworking. The
time needed for machining the trolley axle of a drilling rig has been reduced
from 36 hours to 12 hours, for a reducing pump axle from 15 hours to 7 hours,
and for a trolley drum from 70 hours to.50 hours.
A cutting speed of 520 meters per minute has been reached by lathe oper-
ators at the "Timpuri Noi" Plant.
The Nicolina Railroad Workshops at Iasi report that three turners are
using the Bortkevich method. A cutting speed of 113 meters per minute has
been attained in machining coupling bolts and the time has been reduced from
15 minutes to 4 minutes.
Twelve men at the "Strungiil" Factory in Brasov are now using the new
method of metalworking. Three turners have achieved cutting speeds of 280
meters per minute.
The "Sovrommetal" Metallurgical Plant at Resita has eight machinists
using the Bortkevich method. One of these men exceeded his quota for machin-
ing sleeves for oil equipment by 220 percent.
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The use of the Soviet method is credited with enabling six men at the
"Electro-Motor" Factory in Timisoara to exceed their quotas. One even managed
to record a figure of 400 percent above his quota.
At the "Unio" Factory in Satu-Mare, a cutting speed of 224 meters per min-
ute is reported.
At the conclusion of a conference of technicians and foremen at Brasov,
many pledged themselves to instruct at least five workers at their respective
plants in the Bortkevich method of rapid metalworking. In addition to the
nine plants mentioned above, the new method will be introduced at the "6 Mar-
tie" Plant in Tohan, at "Electro-Precizia," and the "FSR" Plant in Rasnov.
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