PRODUCTION OF THE METALLURICAL INDUSTRY

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
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1) Puriny Ar?il and ;lay ths deliveoroi ocka ware sporsdic so that
resorro coke. of* poor quit7 had to bpi v.9ed? Thin conatantly Ao?.
rosidull deposit in the furaacus,
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improve th.o quality, Dr o Baako (fnu) is to :T.3 (!harqo of the tabo
It .11 5A80 1-11nled to impro,re the r'utter and lldla systN In o-f/Av
to nvoi the loos of iron, UotA (fnu) 18 in Ilm-ga of this prOect.
The steria-, installation in to ba rebuilt.
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? bp Bisenwerke Wet Ceiba/ fulfilZedthe'production pAa by 100.9 percents,:
with aa overfulfillment of 55D 616 metric tone. Ihus'the rroductio .
arrears from the- firstAparter mere made up and overfulfiliment for the.
first half 62 2954 amoUnted to 571 metric tons. This resUlt
achieved for the follouing yea onsz.
1) Lignite slag deliveries were better/ thus enabling. the plant to
come closer to the prescribed Moeller Plan.
-2) ReductiOn of the no operating-periods of the production facilities.
3) The supply Of materials vas steadier than in the first warter,
c. Mnhuette, Unteruellenborn? fulfilled the nroduotion v114n by 95
partentBSunderfulfillment since the beginning of 1954 amounted to
4,436 metric tons. The underfulfillment was du to the following
reasons ?
1). FUrnac
No. III had
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en undergoing general repairs sin 20 April.
2) The low shaft furnace (Wiederschachtofen) was cpt in p
May and June.? it Was taken out if production oa 22 May to
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uct ion during
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3) Because the supply of coke was insufficient, It was often diffidat
to maimtain.heat-in the furnaces, and this condition often continued
through several shifts.
4) Because the bill.t machine wao undergoing repairs whileD at the O&M
time, the converter situation was bad in the Thomas steol plantD: the
hot air 'cud to be releasedfrom the furnapep.on 11 Jun., so that there
was no heat for several huars.
5). A dust collector egplogion in Furnace Mo. I on 25 May and a hopper
disaster on 25 June also cam d considerable loss In production.
2. foket_ S A071,Auipigg_tsto In the second quarter of 19546 1.3 Pwmat - ?7 ?
64,47:6 metric tons - more crude steel Ln ingots uas produced thAA in the first
quarter lhe plan for the second qaarter. was fulfilled by only 97.3 percent
and underftlfilIment since -the beginning of 1954 amounted to 25, 722 metric
tons. The amount of Thomas steel produced was in proportion to the amount'
of pig iron produced by the furnaces. I April? there was frequently Q
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ohortage of Thomas steel .=cause of the high production ofl:ez .
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moom2EfLiIn,.0.-?)&s_tpso,.. The production plan for Siemano4Urtin steel was
fdlfilled by only 97.7 percent? so underfulfillment sines the beginning
. of 2954 amounted to 18/472 metric tons. Only Edelsttalluark Doeblen
and the Narl-Mavag-Stadt aicd Silbits plants fulfilled the plan.
. 1) Stahl-und WaIework Brandenburg fulfilled the produotion plan for the
secw.d quarter by only 96.6 percent and underfulfillment amounted to
6/259 metric tops. Since the .,:g2.1cing of 1954,1his plant had fUl-
filled the plan by only 9409 percent, and underfulfillment for the first
half of 1954 amounted to 18, 696 Metric to so Reasons' for. the under-
fulfillment U8Y6 was fellows ?
(a) On 10 April?, a furnace collapsed because it was to old, so that
from 11 to 27 April the plant was working with only -seven OP eight
furnaces.
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(b) It was planned to have 86 percent degree of efficiency during
June/ but a degree of ?only 73.9 percent was achieved,. because of
negligent furnace maint nance. A shortage of brick material, caused
increased wear and made more repairs necessary. The result was that
on the average only 7.4 furnaces were producing.
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During June, deliveries of pig iron were poor.
and this made it necessary to use an extensive amount of
charge coal vith a proportionally high sulfur content.
Consequently, the slag work. (Schlackenarbeit) was made
more difficult and the smelting time was lengthened,
2) Stahl-und Walzwerk Riese fulfilled the production plan for the
eecond quarter by only 96.7 percent and underfulfillment amounted
to 4,102 metric tons, Since the beginning of 1954, this plant
had fulfilled the 'Production plan by only 93 percent, and under-
fulfillment for ttle first half of the year amounted to 5,091 metric;
tons. Reasons for the underfulfiliment were as fellows;
(a) An especially large number of hot and cold repairs ? in 44r13
particularly in Martin Plant 1 between 16 and 18 April)had
to' be made, The gas line of Martin Plant 1 was cleaned, and
this meant a loss of about 3,500 metric tons of production
(1)) During June, there was a large sulfur content in the
pig iron, and this increased the length of the charging
time by 45 minutes as compared with May. The long heating
time is especially hard on the 'hearths? The proportion of
hot repairs increased in June to 4.2 percent,
3) Stahl-milftlzwerk Hennigsdorf did not succeed in fulfilling its
reduced production plan in spite of improvements which mere made in
work methods, especially the increasing of the weight of the Madenfuell and the training of smelters and casters. Underfulfillment
kor the second quarter was 956 metric tons, and underfulfillment for
the first half of 1954 was 4,752 metric tons. The effects of im-
provements did not make themselves felt until June 1954, when the
plant produced the largest amount of Siemens-Martin steel it had
ever produced.
4) Stahl-und Walzwerk GroeditZ fulfilled the production plan by only
98.4 percent in the second quarter of 1954, and underfulfillment
amounted to 733 metric tons,. Since the beginning of 1954, this
plant had fulfilled the plan by 104.5 percent, and there was an
Overfulfillment for the first half of the year of 4,657 metric
tone. Difficulty in fulfilling the second quarter plan was caused
by the high P ? content in the . pig iron received
from isenhuettenkombinat JW 'Stalin, which made it necessany to
reduce the'additive of pig iron in part from 48 to
23 percent Charging time was long because quality steel was being
produced and there was a shortage of high-grade melting scrap,
5)
Eiaenhuettenwerke Thale fulfilled the production plan for tho
second quarter by only 97.6 percent, and underfulfillment amounted
to 782 metric, tons. Since the beginning of 1954, this plant haa
fulfilled the plan by 99,5 percent, and underfu/fillment for
the first half of the year amennted to 341 metric tons. The
underfulfillment was caused by unexpected. repairs,
furnace breakdowns and unusually numerous hearth repairs? A'plan
to eliminate arrears in production has been establised for the third
quarter of 1954, according to which 50 additional metric tons will
be produced during July, 650 during August, and 200 during September?
b. Electrical Steel, The production plan for electrical steel was fulfilled
by. only 99.7 percent during the second quarter of 1954, and underfulfill-
ment amounted to 141 metric tons, Only. Edeistahlwerk Doehlen and the
Karl-Marx-Stadt?and Silbitz plants were able to overfulfill the plane
Underfulfillment at the other plants was caused by electric current
cutoffs at peak hours and reduction of current allocations
during the quarter.
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5, Roled Ste914,_ including Airitutkoroi? Material for FclmW?, Underful-
fillment of the plan for roiled profile iron during the second qunrter of
1954 uaa caused by the Maxhuetto and Brandenburg plants,
a) h:aahuotte fulfilled the production plan for the quarter u:y 0)ny
percents the underfulfillment amounted to 4.546 metric tove The
underfulfilimc.nt as due to repairs to the tvo-high rolling nill
traiu and tht tvlo-high roiling tiill motorwhich took place cr4
23 April, to rppatre to the ingot machine (Blockmaschnrppl-atur)
and to roll brapAdeQnti and -1207ficultics with tne
arrear" are to be made up 41 the thir,it rolprl:or,
b) Stahl-und Vials'oeT Brandc--abUrg uvde.Pfulft.a2ec! ra(,
stability (Walk;enhaltharkei0 and dae to bearings
11,3,53 metric tons; the u,.::iderfulfi311;7.cv.ii- csud t
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inceased reoonetruction(Umbamon) necessary. The plan fo:- ocrAginielr,11
material for rolling mills uas pvcrfulfillod,
4. Rollheete., The production plan for rolled eheots for t:le
quarter was fulfilled by 100A percent, and overfulfillmont
1,204 metric tons.
a) The Ilsenburg plant had arrears for the second quarter of i954 of
9,966 metric tons; this was caused by
difficulty in starting and too many repairs f?.
Rolling Plant ID and a delay in getting the double gravity-dibz.uargc
furnace into operation, as well as a labor shortage,
5, y_19.2,_.1_,Bja,alichisenl: The production plan for tires for the second quarter
of 1954 was fulfilled by 101,9 per,lem4 arrears from the first quat.tor
uora made up clad the production plan for the first half of 1954 zae OVC-7?.;
filled by 19 metric tons,
6, ,Seemloss }Up. The production plan for seamless pipe for the second.,
quarter of 1954 ie fulfilled by og1y'54.5 percont, and underfulffilT,ant
amounted to 5,254 metric tone, The plan was fulfilled in the old
pipe plant at Riesai; underfulfillment at the new plpe plant at Rieoa
was caused by difficulties with materials delio-..Aes
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Ea Germany was only fulfilled by 96.3 percent, but 34,990 metric tons
more pig iron were produced in he second quarter than in. the first.
Underfulfillment in pig ,iron since the beginning of 1954 amounted to
12,162 metric tons.
a. Eisenhuettenkombinat J.W. Stalih fulfilled jgg prodietion plan by
*only 95.6 percent, but 34,209 metric t4ps_eere pig iren were produced
in the second quarter than in the first. Underfulfillment in the
second quarter amounted to 8,294 metric tons. Underfulfillment of the
-au is attributed to the 1ollowing-reaaou4::
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2) A heavy *onset of flue-dust(Gichtstaubanfall)-
a 30 percent iron content in two or three days
'losses in production.'
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3) In all, the-funaces.wera idle for 353 hours because of mold..
difficult'res (Formenstoerungen) and mechanical and metallurgical
troubles; this was over and above planned idleness of the furnaces.
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4) The deadlines for planned repairs werenot
5) There were also technical difficulties
the Luermann, ?oor tapping (Abstich) a
6 jplus work by unqualified
bad handling-of-
struction . )
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b. :isenw-lrice Tont Cabe, fulf111a1 the -reduction
with an overfulfillment of 55, 616 metric tons.
arrears from the first quarter were -old? up and
first half of 1954 amounted to 571 metric tons.
achieved for the following reasons:
r1an by 100.9 percent,
thus the rroduction
overfulfillmant for the
This result was
1) Lignite slag deliveries were better, thus enabling the plant to
come closer to the rrescribed Moeller Plan.
. 2) Reduction of the nonoporating periods of the rroduction facilities.
3) The surly of materials was steadier than in the first quarter.
c. Maxhuette, Unterwe11enborn,-fu1fil1ed the -rroduct4,N9 rlsm by 95-
percent; underfulfillment since the bertinning of 1954 amounted to
4,436 metric tons. The underfulfillment was due to the following
reasons:
1) Furnace No. III had been undergoing general rerairs since 20 April.
2) The low shaft furnace (Niederschachtofen) was not in production during
flay and June; it was taken out of production on 22 Ray to be relined.
3) Because the supply of coke was insufficient, it was often difficult
to maintain heat in the furnaces, and this condition often continued
through several shifts. -
4)
Because the billet machine was undergoing repairs while, at the same
time, the converter situation was bad in the Thomas steel plant, the
hot air had to be released from the furnaces on 11 June, so that there
was no heat for several hours.
5) A dust collector explosion in Furnace No. I on 25 May and a hopper
disaster on 25 June also caused considerable loss in production.
2. Crude Steel in Ingots. In the second quarter of 1954, 1.3 percent - or
6,986 metric tons - more crude steel in ingots was produced than in the first
quarter. he plan for the second quarter was fulfilled by only 97.3 percent
and underfulfillment since the beginning of 1954 amounted to 25, 712 metric
tons. The amouAt of Thomas steel produced was in proportion to the amount
of pig iron produced by the furnaces. In April, there w a
ge of Thomas steel because of the high production
erativplan).
a. Sieme -Martin Steel. The production plan for Siemens-Martin steel was
fulfilled by only 97.7 percent, so underfulfillment since the beginning
of 1954 amounted to 18,472 metric tons. Only Edelstahlwerk Doehlen
and the Karl-Marx-Stadt and Silbitz plants fulfilled the plan.
1) Stahl-und Walzwerk Brandenburg fulfilled the production plan for the
second quarter by only 96.6 rercent and underfulfillment amounted to
6,259 metric tons. Since the beginning of 1954, this plant had ful-
filled the plan by only 94.9 percent, and underfulfillment Por the first
half of 1954 amounted to IP, 696 metric tons. Reasons for the under-
fulfillment were was follows:
(a) On 10 Auril, a furnace collapsed because it was too old, so that
from 11 to 27 April the plant was working with only seven or eic7ht
furnaces.
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It was planned to have an P6 rercent degree of efficiency during
June, but a degree of only 73.9 percent was achieved, because of
negligent furnace maintenance. A shortage of brick material, caused
increased wear and made more repairs necessary. The result was that
on the average only 7.4 furnaces were producing. .
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2) Stahl-und Walzwerk Riese fu 1 n plan for the
second quarter by only 96.7 percent and underfulfillment amounted
to 4,102 metric tons. Since the beginning of 1954, this plant
had fulfilled the production plan by only 98 percent, and Under-
fulfillment for the first half of the year amounted to 5,091 metric
tons. Reasons for the underfulfillment were as follows:
(a) An especially large number of hot and cold repairs in April,
particularly)--Martin Plant .I between 16 and 18 Aprillnad .
to be made. The' gasioline of Martin Plant I was cleaned, and
this meant a ss of about 3,500 metric tons-
.ror the second qulrt9r ,las 956 metric tons, an undorfulfillment for
the first half of 1954 was 4,752 rletric tons. The effects of im-
elves felt until June 1954, when the
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amounted to 733 metric tone,
plant had fulfilled the plan by 104.5
overfulfillment for the first half of
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23 percent.
produced and there was a shortage o high.gradeSmelt ng scfibp.
percent,
the7Year of 4,657 metric
and there was an
teel wa?e_being
Eisenhuettenwerke Thale fulfilled the produotion plan for the .
second quarter by only 97.6 percent, and underfulfillment amounted
782 Netric tons. Since the beginning of 1954, this plant had . .
lfilled the plan by 99.5 percent d Underfulfillment for
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amounted to 147 Aetric tons,
Marx-Stadt and Si bitz 1
Underfulfillment at t
cutoffs at peak hours
during the quarter.
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r Forging. Underful-
ng the second quarter of 1' (
plants.
e production plan for the quarter by only 90.6
illment amounted to 4,546 metric tons. The
ue to repairs to the two-high rolling mill
and tht two-high rolling mill motorkwhich took place on
23 April, to repairs to the ingot machiffF1Blockmaschinenreparatur)
and to roll breakdowns and difficulties with the furnaces. The
arrears are to be made up in the third quarter.
b) Stahl-und
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stabi
incre
mate
Brande urg underful ion pl
4. Rolled Sheets. The production plan for rolled shest..e for the second
quarter was fulfilled by 100.8 percent, and overfulEillment amounted to
1,204 metric tons.
t had arrears fo
aused
in st
in ge
11 as a a or s ortage.
5. Tires. (Bandagen). The production plan for tires for the second quarter
of 1954 was fulfilled by 101.9 perseet; arrears from the first quarter
were made up Lnd the production plan for the first half of 1954 was overful-
filled by 19 metric tons.
6. Seamless Pipe. The oroductioh plan for seamless pipe for the second
quarter of 1954 was fulfilled by only 54.3 percent, and underfulfillment
amounted to 5,254 metric tons. The plan was fulfilled in the old
pipe plant !It Riesa; underfulfillment at the new pipe plant at Riesa
was caused dby difficulties with *aerials deliveries.
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