Patent ID: 8322182

Claim:
A method for producing a pot-shaped housing part defining an axis, said housing part having a bottom and a wall extending axially away from said bottom, and an outer face of said wall extending at least approximately up to an outer face of said bottom, which outer face of said bottom faces away from a free edge of said wall, comprising the steps: providing a plate-shaped blank; clamping said blank, in a radially inner zone thereof in a workpiece holder, said radially inner zone forming said bottom of said housing part to be produced, a radially outer zone of said blank which directly adjoins said radially inner zone being free, said radially outer zone forming said wall of said housing part to be produced, and said workpiece holder having a circumferential contact surface; folding said radially outer zone of said blank towards said contact surface and pressing said radially outer zone against said contact surface in a forming process in order to reduce a radius of curvature at a transition from an outer face of said radially outer zone to an outer face of said radially inner zone, said rolling or pressing taking place at least in an axial direction along said radially outer zone towards said radially inner zone until said outer face of said radially outer zone projects axially beyond said outer face of said radially inner zone.