Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for extruding sections from materials, such as aluminium or aluminium alloys, in which material which has been rendered plastic is forced through an extrusion gap formed in a die and in which the extrusion gap is bounded by separate, mutually oppositely situated running surfaces, in which method, as a consequence of the shape and/or length of the running surfaces and/or width of the extrusion gap, the material forced through the extrusion gap experiences a lower resistance at one side of the die than at the other side of the die, more material being forced through the extrusion gap at said one side than at said other side, a curved section being formed as a result of the difference in the amount of material at the one side and at the other side, the longitudinal axis of said section having a curvature with a certain radius.

Abstract: Method for the permanent mutual connection of the ends of at least two already finished metal tubes (1,2,3), consisting in placing the ends of said tubes in a mould, particularly an injection moulding mould, whereby one tube end or several tube ends is or are arranged around a tubulous part of a metal body (4), closing the mould and filling the mould with liquid plastics material, so that after the setting of the plastics material and the opening of the mould the ends of the tubes (1,2,3) are joined together, whereby before closing the mould the or each of said tube ends (1,2,3) as well as the tubulous part of the metal body (4) present therein is locally depressed over a certain distance.