Abstract: A network and a method for operating a network is provided. The network includes one or more soldering systems provided in the network, and the soldering systems each include at least one soldering apparatus for soldering electronic components, a user interface for outputting target-soldering-information to a user; and a way for determining actual soldering information. The network includes at least one input device for inputting and/or specifying work information, and a control unit which is designed to identify soldering systems provided in the network; create soldering tasks with target-soldering-information from the work information depending on the identified soldering systems and assign the tasks to the relevant soldering system; and process the actual soldering information of the relevant soldering system with the associated target-soldering-information of the relevant soldering system.

Abstract: A cold forming process for manufacturing ball pivots with a ball area, a cone area and a thread area for installation in ball and socket joints by cold forming is presented, in which a ball pivot blank (1) with a shaped cone area (3) and cylindrical areas for the thread (2) and the ball (5) is manufactured at first from a bar-shaped semifinished bar stock by extrusion. The extrusion operation is followed by the forming of the ball area as another manufacturing step by means of a rolling processes. At the same time, the thread area can be formed in its final shape. Thus, the ball pivot is manufactured as a whole by cold forming only and it makes it possible to significantly increase the production output per unit of time compared to the processes known from the state of the art. At the same time, it is possible to use less expensive grades of steel, because sufficient fatigue strength of the ball pivot can be guaranteed by the cold forming.

Abstract: A process is provided for manufacturing a ball-and-socket joint housing by cold forming from a blank (R), which is preferably produced from a bar or wire material and is prepared for forming. A first axial depression (1) with a diameter (D1) is first prepared by reverse cup extrusion. A second axial depression (2) with a comparatively larger diameter (D2) is subsequently prepared in the axial depression (1) by reverse cup extrusion. A diameter reduction (D3) also of the first axial depression (1) is formed in some sections by the deformation of the material during the second reverse cup extrusion.

Abstract: A process is provided for manufacturing a ball-and-socket joint housing by cold forming from a blank (R), which is preferably produced from a bar or wire material and is prepared for forming. A first axial depression (1) with a diameter (D1) is first prepared by reverse cup extrusion. A second axial depression (2) with a comparatively larger diameter (D2) is subsequently prepared in the axial depression (1) by reverse cup extrusion. A diameter reduction (D3) also of the first axial depression (1) is formed in some sections by the deformation of the material during the second reverse cup extrusion.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a joint housing, in particular for vehicle track rods, having an integral shaft with an internal thread designed to hold a longitudinal pin, the housing being produced from a blank with a ball-like enlargement at one end. In order to ensure low manufacturing costs and low consumption of energy and materials, a longitudinal cavity with a diameter exceeding that of the internal thread and a length exceeding that of the threaded section is first produced in the shaft of the blank by rearwards cup extrusion and the diameter of the threaded section subsequently reduced to that of the thread core while at the same time shaping the surface of the wall to give a flat key face, the overall process being a cold-forming one. Finally, both the external and internal features of the housing are produced by heading, cupping, punching and forming to size perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the region of the enlargement.