A method of manufacturing pumps of different performances for use in a blood treatment device, preferably a dialysis machine, having a pump housing or a pump housing portion for supportingly holding two gear wheels in meshing engagement. The method includes the step of primary shaping of a universal pump housing blank with all features common to the different pumps as well as with such oversizes as to allow machining for manufacturing all different pumps from the same primary-shaped pump housing blank. The method also includes the step of individualizing the universal pump housing blank by machining in the region of the oversizes to achieve the respective performance.

A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation.

A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation.

A method for repairing a gear (2) having a number of damaged teeth (4, 4′, 4″), wherein the method comprises the step of removing material from the gear (2) hereby providing a pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″), wherein said material includes at least one damaged tooth (4, 4′). Said method further comprises the step of providing a segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) to be inserted into the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″), wherein the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) has a geometry that fits the geometry of the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″). The method comprises the step of radially inserting the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) into the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″) and attaching radially extending attachment structures (60, 60′) through at least a portion (18, 18′) of the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) and further into at least a portion (32, 32′) of the underlying structure (64) of the gear (2).

A method for repairing a gear (2) having a number of damaged teeth (4, 4′, 4″), wherein the method comprises the step of removing material from the gear (2) hereby providing a pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″), wherein said material includes at least one damaged tooth (4, 4′). Said method further comprises the step of providing a segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) to be inserted into the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″), wherein the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) has a geometry that fits the geometry of the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″). The method comprises the step of radially inserting the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) into the pocket structure (28, 28′, 28″, 28′″) and attaching radially extending attachment structures (60, 60′) through at least a portion (18, 18′) of the segment (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) and further into at least a portion (32, 32′) of the underlying structure (64) of the gear (2).

A planetary drive includes a planet carrier and planetary gears. The carrier includes two axially-facing carrier plates and at least one connecting element. The connecting element is a linear strip of metal that is bent to take the shape of a cylinder for assembly. The strip of metal connects the two carrier plates while maintaining them in a spaced apart relationship. The strip includes a plurality of openings or holes for receiving a part of the planetary gears as they rotate. The strip is a separate element from the carrier plates, but is assembled to and between the plates.

A planetary drive includes a planet carrier and planetary gears. The carrier includes two axially-facing carrier plates and at least one connecting element. The connecting element is a linear strip of metal that is bent to take the shape of a cylinder for assembly. The strip of metal connects the two carrier plates while maintaining them in a spaced apart relationship. The strip includes a plurality of openings or holes for receiving a part of the planetary gears as they rotate. The strip is a separate element from the carrier plates, but is assembled to and between the plates.

The invention relates to a method for producing a gear worm (12) which is located in particular on an armature shaft (14) of an electromotive drive unit (10), wherein firstly a worm gear (20) having screw flanks (22) axially opposite one another on a longitudinal axis (18) is formed by means of a rolling tool, and subsequently a groove structure (24) which is concentric about the longitudinal axis (18) is formed on the screw flanks (22) by means of an additional process step. The invention also relates to a gear worm (12) produced according to the method according to the invention, and to a transmission drive unit (10) containing such a gear worm (12).

The invention relates to a method for producing a gear worm (12) which is located in particular on an armature shaft (14) of an electromotive drive unit (10), wherein firstly a worm gear (20) having screw flanks (22) axially opposite one another on a longitudinal axis (18) is formed by means of a rolling tool, and subsequently a groove structure (24) which is concentric about the longitudinal axis (18) is formed on the screw flanks (22) by means of an additional process step. The invention also relates to a gear worm (12) produced according to the method according to the invention, and to a transmission drive unit (10) containing such a gear worm (12).

An assembly for acoustically influencing toothed wheels, including at least one first toothed wheel having teeth and one second toothed wheel having teeth, wherein the teeth have flanks, wherein at least one flank of a tooth of the first toothed wheel can be engaged with a flank of a tooth of the second toothed wheel, wherein at least one flank of a tooth of the first toothed wheel forms a contact zone or, in the ideal case, a contact line with an engaging flank of a tooth of a second toothed wheel, wherein the contact zone or the contact line is formed at an angle α.sub.Aq, in particular between 5° and 85° or between 95° and 175°, in relation to an axis of an undulation, a microangle distribution, and/or a microangle periodicity of the engaging flank of the tooth of the second toothed wheel.