Patent ID: 8276272

Claim:
Method for applying a connection material with a specified shape on at least one surface of at least one workpiece, wherein the connection material and the surface have complementary wetting or wettable properties, the method comprising: depositing the connection material ( 3 ) on a surface ( 2 ), arranging a shaping device ( 10 , 10 ′) with an opening at least for the period of a flowable state of the connection material adjacent to the connection material as well as at least partially surrounding the connection material on the surface ( 2 ), wherein the shaping device has a surface ( 11 , 12 ) that is non-wettable with respect to the wetting properties of the connection material and that is designed for the forced guidance of the flow of the still flowable connection material in the region of the non-wettable surface, wherein the flow thus assumes a specified shape of shaped connection material, wherein a gap is defined between the shaping device and a terminal pin inserted into the opening and, in this way, a higher outflow of the connection material on the terminal pin is also generated; and hardening the shaped connection material.