A method for the laser welding of rod conductors , preferably curved rod conductors , in particular hairpins for an electric motor or an electric generator, wherein the rod conductors consist of a rod conductor material containing aluminum with a content of at least 75 wt.% aluminum, preferably at least 90 wt.% aluminum, wherein two rod conductors are arranged partially overlapping and adjacent to one another and are welded to one another by means of a processing laser beam , wherein a welding bead is formed on a common base surface of the adjacent rod conductors , by means of which the rod conductors are connected to one another, in particular wherein the common base surface is oriented horizontally, characterized in that , during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the processing laser beam is guided in such a way that a welding contour of the processing laser beam is positioned relative to the rod conductors and a feed rate v of the processing laser beam along the welding contour relative to the rod conductors is selected in such a way, - that during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the welding bead has a non-liquid oxide skin , within which liquid rod conductor material accumulates, - wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the non-liquid oxide skin is only partially broken up by the processing laser beam corresponding to the welding contour on a front side of the welding bead which points upwards, - and wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors the non-liquid oxide skin remains undamaged in a sheath region of the welding bead , which extends away from the upper front side downwards towards the rod conductors and around the entire welding bead . wherein the rod conductors consist of a rod conductor material containing aluminum with a content of at least 75 wt.% aluminum, preferably at least 90 wt.% aluminum, wherein two rod conductors are arranged partially overlapping and adjacent to one another and are welded to one another by means of a processing laser beam , wherein a welding bead is formed on a common base surface of the adjacent rod conductors , by means of which the rod conductors are connected to one another, in particular wherein the common base surface is oriented horizontally, characterized in that , during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the processing laser beam is guided in such a way that a welding contour of the processing laser beam is positioned relative to the rod conductors and a feed rate v of the processing laser beam along the welding contour relative to the rod conductors is selected in such a way, - that during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the welding bead has a non-liquid oxide skin , within which liquid rod conductor material accumulates, - wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the non-liquid oxide skin is only partially broken up by the processing laser beam corresponding to the welding contour on a front side of the welding bead which points upwards, - and wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors the non-liquid oxide skin remains undamaged in a sheath region of the welding bead , which extends away from the upper front side downwards towards the rod conductors and around the entire welding bead . - that during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the welding bead has a non-liquid oxide skin , within which liquid rod conductor material accumulates, - wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors , the non-liquid oxide skin is only partially broken up by the processing laser beam corresponding to the welding contour on a front side of the welding bead which points upwards, - and wherein during the laser welding of the rod conductors the non-liquid oxide skin remains undamaged in a sheath region of the welding bead , which extends away from the upper front side downwards towards the rod conductors and around the entire welding bead . <EOS>