in this way presses the bearing shell 2 against the previously clamped thrust washers 3 such that prior to performing the weld process a sufficiently high surface pressure is generated between the outer circumferential surface of the bearing shell and the inner circumferential surface segments of the thrust washers 3 fig1 12 and 13 illustrate the essential elements of the clamping device fig1 is a longitudinally sectional view of the second clamping jaw 20 of the clamping device shown in fig9 comprising a part of the receptacle 22 u2032 for the second clamping element wherein this receptacle takes the form of a thread in the area of the second clamping jaw 20 fig1 is a longitudinally sectional view of the receptacle 19 of the clamping device shown in fig9 the receptacle 19 likewise comprises a part of the receptacle 22 u2032 for the second clamping element wherein this receptacle 22 u2032 is constructed as a through hole in the area of the receptacle 19 in addition the receptacle 19 has a first recess 24 for accommodating a bearing shell this recess 24 takes the form of a segment of a circle and corresponds to the external shape of the bearing shell to be accommodated in addition the receptacle 19 has two filter recesses 25 a 25 b for accommodating thrust washers these recesses 25 a 25 b are arranged at the end faces of the receptacle 19 and are open towards the end faces so that the thrust washers accommodated by these recesses 25 a 25 b are inclined over their entire circumference by the deflection angle u03b5 relative to perpendicular in the clamped state the.