Abstract: In an exhaust manifold to be mounted on a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine which cylinder head includes a plurality of exhaust passages, the exhaust manifold includes a gas collector housing with a mounting flange, a gas conducting duct arranged in spaced relationship within the gas collector housing and having a mounting collar, and a hold-down element mounted together with the flange onto the cylinder head and including a recess receiving the collar of the gas conducting duct for retaining the gas conducting duct in engagement with the cylinder head but permitting relative movement thereto.

Abstract: In an exhaust manifold to be mounted on a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine which cylinder head includes a plurality of exhaust passages, the exhaust manifold includes a gas collector housing with a mounting flange, a gas conducting duct arranged in spaced relationship within the gas collector housing and having a mounting collar, and a hold-down element mounted together with the flange onto the cylinder head and including a recess receiving the collar of the gas conducting duct for retaining the gas conducting duct in engagement with the cylinder head but permitting relative movement thereto.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the production of an improved catalytic converter for the cleaning of exhaust gases from internal-combustion engines, which includes a catalytic converter body through which the exhaust gases flow. The catalytic converter body is compression-molded from metal wire pieces or metal chips and is sintered after molding.

Abstract: In a process for producing a camshaft provided with bearings and cams from a pipe or from a blank having an initial oval cam shape, the configuration of the camshaft with the cams and the bearings is molded into the pipe or hollow blank by swaging and circular kneading with tool segments. In a first step, a cam shape blank (9) is brought in the area of the bearings (13) to an at least approximately circular shape by forging or hammering of the camshaft in a pre-formation. Then in a second step the configuration of the camshaft with cams (16) and bearings (13) is molded by hammering a circular kneading with tools elements that at least partly surround the blank and exert radial compressive forces thereon while changing its initial shape and oval cross section.