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to replace bronzes and babbits in certain phases of locomotive construction. 
Rubber and polymeric materials have been investigated for use in railroad 
applications. Additive oils for engines and the use of high-sulfur diesel 
fuel have been studied. 
Welding techniques have been of particular interest. Welding pro- 
perties of new rail steels, temperature effects on weld joints, automatic 
flux welding, arc welding, and field devices for resistance welding have 
been investigated. Techniques for removing crack damage by one-sided welding 
have been developed. 
Computers have been used to investigate the efficiency of railroads 
and for remote-control operation of various phases of actual operation. 
The Ural Branch of TsNII MPS has conducted research on strength of 
welded joints under repeated impact loading. 
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Name: Central Scientific-Research Institute for Auxiliary Components and 
Spare Parts for Textile Machinery 
(Tsentral'nyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut vspomogatel 'nykh 
izdeliy i zapasnykh detaley k tekstil'nomu oborudovaniyu-- 
TsNIIMashdetal ' ) 
Address: Moscow, Marksistskaya ulitsa, 33 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute has developed a bright nickel plating from an 
electrolyte containing leveling additives, and a method for polishing 
and anodizing small parts. An electromagnetic instrument for nondestruc- 
tive thickness measurement of an anticorrosion coating on steels and mag- 
netic materials was designed at the Institute. It publishes a Nauchno- 
Issledovatel'skiye Trudy. 
