Patent ID: 8686314

Claim:
A method for soldering or welding metal body sheets in a series production of vehicle body parts comprising: a) producing a fixing seam which connects the components by melting a connecting material, which is supplied as an additional material or is formed by a base material of the components, along a joint formed by the components; and b) forming a finished connecting seam by melting a volume-forming layer of additional connecting material onto the fixing seam, or re-melting at least a portion of the fixing seam produced by means of the connecting material supplied as an additional material, c) wherein the fixing seam and the finished connecting seam are each progressively produced in the longitudinal direction of the joint at a respective production speed, wherein d) the production speed of the fixing seam is greater than the production speed of the finished connecting seam, and e) wherein the fixing seam is produced in a first joining station and the finished connecting seam is produced in a separate second joining station.