Patent ID: 6957486

Claim:
Process for the production of a multi-plate gasket comprising at least a first metal gasket plate and a second metal gasket plate, wherein said first gasket plate is produced from one respective gasket plate section of a starting material comprising several continuous gasket plate sections, wherein the gasket plate sections are machined during operating cycles in a follow-on combination tool having several machining stations following one another along a direction of feed, wherein at least one of the machining stations is designed as a station for cutting outer contour lines, facing outer contour lines of two adjacent gasket plates being cut in said station by means of a tool for cutting outer contour lines, and wherein the gasket plate sections are moved further along the direction of feed by a feed distance by means of a feeding device between two operating cycles, wherein the outer contour lines of the two adjacent gasket plates are cut with the same cutting edge of the tool for cutting outer contour lines and wherein the feed distance is selected to be essentially the same as the extension of the outer contour of a finished gasket plate or a group of finished gasket plates along the direction of feed, wherein the outer contour of said first gasket plate is provided with a pointed corner, wherein said second gasket plate is produced by means of a follow-on combination tool, the feed distance with said tool being greater than the extension of the outer contour of said second gasket plate along the direction of feed, and wherein said first gasket plate and said second gasket plate are disposed one on the other to form said multi-plate gasket such that a corner-free outer contour of said second gasket plate projects beyond said pointed corner on said first gasket plate such that the first metal gasket plate and the second metal gasket plate collectively provide an outermost contour of said multi-plate gasket that is corner-free.