Abstract: A method for producing a lignocellulose plastic composite material, in particular a simpler and more cost-effective option for producing lignocellulose plastic composite materials. Thermoplastic particles and a mixture of water and lignocellulose-containing particles are supplied to a refiner, and the lignocellulose-containing particles are reduced to fibers in the refiner. The thermoplastic particles are supplied to the refiner in a melted or fused state, or are melted or fused in the refiner, so that the melted or fused thermoplastic particles and the lignocellulose-containing particles that are reduced to fibers form material composite particles in the refiner.

Abstract: A method for the individualized adaptation of the shape of components includes providing a basic material for producing the components. Next at least one unifying production method is selected. The components are then produced with a geometrically identical base shape by the unifying production method. Then at least one individualizing production method is selected. Then the shape of the components is adapted to at least two different final shapes by the individualizing production method that is different from the unifying production method. The final shape of each component differs from its basic shape.

Abstract: A method for producing a lignocellulose plastic composite material, in particular a simpler and more cost-effective option for producing lignocellulose plastic composite materials. Thermoplastic particles and a mixture of water and lignocellulose-containing particles are supplied to a refiner, and the lignocellulose-containing particles are reduced to fibres in the refiner. The thermoplastic particles are supplied to the refiner in a melted or fused state, or are melted or fused in the refiner, so that the melted or fused thermoplastic particles and the lignocellulose-containing particles that are reduced to fibres form material composite particles in the refiner.

Abstract: A method for the individualized adaptation of the shape of components includes providing a basic material for producing the components. Next at least one unifying production method is selected. The components are then produced with a geometrically identical base shape by the unifying production method. Then at least one individualizing production method is selected. Then the shape of the components is adapted to at least two different final shapes by the individualizing production method that is different from the unifying production method. The final shape of each component differs from its basic shape.

Abstract: A process for producing a metal hollow body comprising a first axial portion with a first cross-sectional area and a second axial portion with a second cross-sectional area, and in which the two axial portions are connected to one another by means of a shape transition running in the axial direction, the method includes producing a preform body having at least one transition region which extends in the axial direction and is arranged between the first and second axial portions, wherein, in the transition region, the cross-sectional area of the preform body continuously changes from the cross-sectional area of the first axial portion into the cross-sectional area of the second axial portion, accommodating the preform body in a die, a shaping mandrel into the preform body, and axially moving the shaping mandrel to upset the preform body in the die into the final shape of the hollow body.

Abstract: A process for producing a metal hollow body comprising a first axial portion with a first cross-sectional area and a second axial portion with a second cross-sectional area, and in which the two axial portions are connected to one another by means of a shape transition running in the axial direction, the method includes producing a preform body having at least one transition region which extends in the axial direction and is arranged between the first and second axial portions, wherein, in the transition region, the cross-sectional area of the preform body continuously changes from the cross-sectional area of the first axial portion into the cross-sectional area of the second axial portion, accommodating the preform body in a die, a shaping mandrel into the preform body, and axially moving the shaping mandrel to upset the preform body in the die into the final shape of the hollow body.