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B. V. Z akhar ' in

Boris Vladimirovich Zakhar ' in is highly respected at the Combine. He has worked here since 1947, after graduating f rom the Rubezhan Chemical Technology Institute, as head of the repa i r -mechanica l de- par tment and then as the chief mechanic. In his working years during the res to ra t ion of the factory de- s t royed by the war, B. V. Zakhar ' in , together with the collective of w o r k e r s , took part in reconstruct ing the pump-accumulator section, modernized the pumps and h igh-pressure accumulators with independent sys tems of hydraulic control and safety, and converted the furnaces to oil fuel. The mechanization of the manual work of the setting opera tors together with the designers involved creat ing a special lightweight mobile t ranspor te r . In 1956 Zakhar ' in was made head of the design office, and later chief designer of the Combine . He is occupied with the mechanizat ion of such p rocesses as t ransportat ion, weighing and loading raw mater ia l s into ballmills used for wet grinding in the sani tary-building products division, t ranspor ta - tion of the powders tothe tile production presses , and loading clay and grinding runner mills.

B. V. Zakhar ' in plays an active par t in designing and introducing new apparatus made from ceramics for the chemical industry. He is an active inventor and ra t ional izer . Many of his proposals have been used at the Combine. He is one of the authors of a design [1] for an original drive and special clutch for ce ramic ballmills which have facilitated the replacement of ce ramic components without demolishing the drive. Following regular production o f such mills in 1972 the fac tory received savings of 103,000 rubles. The introduction of rat ionalist proposals f rom this worker (conveyer dr ier instead of chamber) with the de- velopment of acidproof tiles in department No. 2 guaranteed savings of 9200 rubles, the casting drying conveyer for consumer products in an indus t r i a l - expe r imen ta l department 10,140 rubles, and the fr ict ion press with a rotat ing table for pressing decorat ive figured metlakh tiles, 18,300 rubles. The total saving f rom Zakhar , in ' s ideas and inventions amounted to about 150,000 rubles.

Boris Vladimirovich together with his team ca r r i e s out a lot of public work, is also a member of the par ty committee, and is chai rman of the knowledge society at the Combine, and chai rman of a group of national control commit tees . At present he is a propagandist, actively taking part in the work of the com- miss ion for improving the s tandards of production and developing production aesthetics. Following publica- tion of the resul ts of the competitions for engineering-technical workers for the title of "Best Engineer of the Combine" in 1972 he was awarded this title, and others. No sect ion contains a worker like Boris Vladimirovich; he gives to his work all his knowledge, experience, and dedication.

Translated f rom Steklo i Keramika, No. 6, p. 25, June, 1973.

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B. V. ZakharTin, V. F. Babich, K. L. Ryzhikov, and Y. N. Kurochka, Authorvs Patent No. 215714.

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