THE MORE METAL, G. V,

THE

RICHER THE MOTHERLAND

Opukhovskaya

T a g a n Rog M e t a l l u r g i c a l Plant Translated from Metallurg, No. 6, pp. 87-88, June, 1968

The high rate of technological progress noted by the Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union can be ensured only by people who s y s t e m a t i c a l l y increase the technical level, who know throughly the techniques of labor organization and technology of production. This requirement of life has b e c o m e entrenched in the workers of the No. 1 open-hearth shop of the TaganRog M e t a l l u r g i c a l Plant. Every year the output of steel increases in this shop, its quality improves, and the cost of production declines. If we take steel production in 1958 as 100%, the increase in steelmaking in subsequent years in per c e n t w i l l be: 1958 100

1959 106.9

1960 110.7

1961 114.7

1962 118.1

In the front ranks of the fighters for technological progress are the innovators of production, the shockworkers and collectives of communist labor. In this article I would like to t e l l about one of such collectives, the brigade of communist labor of A. I.Nedodaev. For several years now brigadier A. I. Nedodaev with assistants G. F. Kaplunov and A. I. Kryukov has achieved excellent results. The persistent search for reserves to increase the production of labor has enabled Nedodaev during the last 5 years of working as a steelmaker to give to the Motherland about 3000 ton of m e t a l in excess of the plan. The 1962 plan of the brigade was fulfilled by 102%, having produced an additional 410 ton of steel. The working methods used by A. I. Nedodaev's brigade were studied by other brigades. They learned much that was interesting and useful for these leading workers. Previously many steetmakers strived for a m a x i m u m reduction in the time for charging, considering that this was connected with a decrease in the melting t i m e . Iron scrap is very different both with respect to physicochemical properties and to weight, therefore it is difficult to establish set rules for charging. In each specific instance a solution is required for the problem of the sequence of charging and the distribution of scrap on the hearth. In many r e spects the duration of the melting period depends on this. Constantly watching the furnace, trying to grasp the essence of the c h e m i c a l and physical processes occurring during melting, A. I. Nedodaev found the most successful working methods. A rational distribution of the charge

Steehnaker A. I. Nedodaev (right) and assistant O. F. Kaplunov. 282

A. I. Nedodaev watches the course of the m e l t .

throughout the furnace relative to the thermal toad on various sections of the bath and successive regulation of the thermal c a p a c i t y as the charging of scrap, pig iron, and l i m e increased ensured conditions for the most rapid melting of the charge. In the brigade itself there is much interest in the field of labor organization and the proper distribution of duties. The melting periods depend to a considerable extent on the distribution of the needed materials and tools on the platform. Taking this into account, Anatolii Ivanovich, together with members of his brigade, selects the most efficient method of distribution. To live and to work communistically - this is the law which governs all members of the brigade. They are all students of the public university of technical and economic studies, where they study the means and economy of production for specific examples of their own shop.

THE

EXPERIENCE

TAGIL

OF THE RAILROAD

METALLURGICAL

SHOP

OF T H E N I Z H N E -

COMBINE

N . M . V a 1' v a c h (Chief of the Railroad Shop of the NizhneTagil Metallurgical Combine) Translated fromMetallurg, No. 6, pp. 38-39, June, 1968

The N i z h n e - T a g i l Metallurgical Combine is one of the largest enterprises in the country. During the years of the Seven-Year Plan its freight turnover has increased 28%, and in 1962 the volume of freight transport reached 26g m i l l i o n ton-kilometers. The length of the intraplant railroad network is 362 km of wide gage and 91 km of narrow gage. The shop has 30 stations and 6 technical posts servicing more than 380 points for unloading raw materials and loading finished goods. The Combine has 115 steam engines, 10 diesel locomotives, 26 railroad cranes, and more than 1900 cars. The table shows the basic operational indexes of the shop for the years 1988-1962. In the railroad shop all services and stations have been converted to cost accounting as the base for which is taken the plan for freight transfer in tons and ton-kilometers which was worked out by the planning department of the Combine. Bearing in mind the work assignment of the shop as a whole, the planning department of the shop calculates for each strnctural subdivision separately, wherein for each of them is established the basic indexes corresponding to the nature of the work. For e x a m p l e , the basic indexes for the steam engine depot are the ptan for locomotive repair and its cost, for track servicing the expenses for upkeep of 1 km of track, etc. The planned assignments and the results of the economic a c t i v i t y of the shop, services, shifts, brigades, and sections are discussed every month at the economic council of the shop with the participation of the engineers and technical workers and leading production workers. Organizational and technical measures are noted during the discussion and the periods for their fulfillment are confirmed. As a result of the r e a l i z a t i o n of these measures, 489 men have been released in recent years in the railroad shop of the Combine. The widespread competition for the title of communist labor has played a major role in the shop's fulfillment of the working plan. Now the title of Brigade of Communist Labor is borne by 8 collectives of the shop.

283