I.P. Inochkin, chief designer of the automation department of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, is the author of the world's first automatic line of machine tools, launched at the plant in 1939. IP Inochkin - head of automation of production processes in metallurgical workshops. IP Inochkin in the shop of the plant at one of the links of the automatic line; talks with designers, examines and discusses blueprints with them.