A translation from Romanian
Lathe factory "Joseph Ranghef" Arad has emerged by focusing several private companies and small workshops that were nationalized. Finally, communist business called "Aris" and produced a wide range of lathes. Among these were SP 400, SN 400, DRT, DLZ, MGA (deep drill pipes, guns), MFT (bar-headed screw machine drill, copied from the U.S. and well sold in the USSR), a cartridge tube production line (copied at the request of the USSR after the Soviet documentation, produced by Arad and bought the USSR), other heavy or very light but turning multifunctional mobile workshops, a variety of lathe for mass production, controlled lathes number, CN, CNC, copy the template and even technological lines in cooperation with other companies in the country. After December 1989, when he gave up the market for Eastern and shock the economy was disorganized capitalism go now increasingly worse. The best era have thousands of employees, with headquarters in Aad and three production departments in the county to Lipova Ineu and Sebis. I did practice in high school to "lathe" and after graduation I worked as a laborer, then as a technician. I worked on the track products in group technology table (at one point the only technology designed around now that parts of the board). Plate technology that annoyed me, I asked to be transferred to application to group technology gears, axles, where I worked until early 1991. Because we were married in September 1991 and went to study in England, I I volunteered to be passed now when unemployment started to reduce their activity.
I worked fifteen years with several days in one place. During this time I saw and heard many interesting happenings. Here are some of the hearsay from the communists who worked with dedication and commitment to carry out the plan.
In Arad occurred several lathes, including SN 1250, which was a copy of the Swiss Oerlikon lathe and was highly sought after in the Republic of China. All would be good if the period of transport by rail, ship and rail toolbox again, hard enough, it would have been put in place at all advisable, so the lathe was disturbed. After a while, the Chinese asked him to be sent a team to work on the lathe. Were not satisfied with the central characters in Bucharest straw, so he sent a team of workers and a foreman. Once in China were staying at a hotel, then every morning from seven to three in the afternoon they were taken to our company that bought lathes. There attending political lectures. Up Mao Mao down red booklet, etc, etc.. After five days of political lessons have been invited to a big meeting, a meeting of all employees in the factory, the largest hall gathered. Banners, red flags, the famous blue overalls presidium table and another smaller table they were seated beside brave builders turning in Arad. The translator translated them what it was. The theme of the meeting was "Here culprits for failure to plan factory". They spoke more Chinese were shouted slogans, etc, etc, after all typical communist. Finally Romanians were presented: "Here dear comrades guilty for failing to plan. Because of their bad lathes did what we could accomplish the plan "minutes when the meeting ended Romanians were taken to the bus from there to the airport and from there to Bucharest. The bags they were all on the plane. They were not stolen anything, not lacking anything. Even cigarette butts in the ashtrays in the hotel room was packed with care. And yet occurred Arad still turning.
The second accident is connected with the production first lathe control software of Romania, in collaboration with Butler in the UK. Tyre and driver English shooters were already in the works for two weeks, the lathe is not yet finished. We made the lathe, the British came to electronics. It was something that suited both parties: we work, We export them buying something cheap made by their standards. It would have been so bad if it was only late, but something intervened: while to put on the trailer, packed lathe has been dropped from the crane. Can you imagine a machine meant that several tons of all adjustments made, which was very demanding and many fine processing electronics fall from crane. I know how much fell, but he was certain that fell pretty bad. It was obvious that the lathe was twisted, but yet no one had the courage to say "stop", you must unpack the lathe and see what happened and fix defects. The truck did not come back to collect another crate.
And yet production continued turning to Arad.
All in Arad being produced a revolver lathe German (DDR or DDR) called DRT DRT 32-40 or 53-80 (figures show the maximum diameter machining). Have a device that barrel from the "revolver" that is more monte tools so that several operations were made. Although it was a project of the 1930s, the lathe was still compatitive and the price of a big production pieces.
The deal was that we manufacture everything after German documetaţia translated into Romanian and adapted to our standards, as closer to the German, but had to pay in kind of the same type lathes send you all in eastern Germany.
As it was a long way up the production of parts and assembly, installation was always running out of time. To solve the problem, some most worthy Communists were thought to appeal to a very original and yet very effective way to get rid of long times to align the various assemblies of the lathe, which ensures alignment precision actually processing machine .
Samples were made with a dial gauge indicating dial between two divisions of a tenth of a millimeter. Our people bow out of the Probe (you have to stop a ball) and replaced it with grease. Thus, even if the alignment deviation was higher even by 1 mm, that is 100 times higher than that required, the indicator probe is not moving a lot, because the arc would be maintained on the track ball of the control probe does not exist, movement is attenuated grease. Because of this indicator shaking between two divisions, a virtually non-existent offense, because only the ball from the top probe rod move, not probe what Antran the pointer.
Obviously all lathes have passed quality control were charged premiums, everyone was happy factory, including bosses. Lathes were sent, the plan was reported to be attained after several months began to flow GDR complaints! Fell outside the class lathes precision designed, there were some clunkers that could not be used again.
However Arad still occurred lathes, no one was kicked out!