Patent ID: 8869374

Claim:
A method for the connection of two components in an overlap joint, comprising: arranging of the two components in an overlap, wherein component sections located in the overlap are of integral design with the two components or at least one of the component sections is attached as a separate element to one component; positioning of a drilling machine in a region of the overlap; introducing of final dimension holes into the component sections; introducing a clamping force in a direction of feed of a drill tool clamped in the drilling machine into a component section close to the drilling machine by means of a pressure application unit on a drilling machine side, wherein a traverse defining an axis of movement of the drilling machine in a direction transverse to the overlap and accommodating the pressure application unit is supported by two guide rails detachably attached to the components, a support unit is provided on the traverse for application of a supporting force for supporting the traverse on the component that has the component section remote from the drilling machine, the support unit and the pressure application unit are spaced apart in a traverse direction from one of the guide rails, the supporting force having the same direction as the clamping force, wherein the pressure application unit is movable between the two guide rails along the traverse and the support unit is disposed on a free end section of the traverse and not directly attached to either of the two guide rails; and riveting of the component sections.