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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for joining plastic-metal hybrid components, in which a metal component (3) is heated up in a heating stage and a plastic component (9) is brought into contact with the heated metal component (3) in a joining stage and joined to the metal component (3) by means of melting in the contact area, wherein in the heating stage the metal component (3) is heated up to a temperature higher than a defined joining temperature, said metal component is cooled down in a subsequent cooling stage in which the temperature of the metal component (3) is recorded by means of at least one temperature measuring device and the joining stage is performed when the defined joining temperature has been reached. The invention further relates to a device for joining a metal component (3) and a plastic component (9), comprising at least one receptacle (2) at a heating location in which the metal component (3) can be placed and comprising a heated/heatable heating die member (4) that can be brought into contact with the metal component (3) by means of an actuator (5) for the purpose of heating the metal component (3), and having a transfer device (10) by means of which the metal component (3) heated up above a predefined joining temperature can be transferred to a joining location, and having a joining die (7) arranged at the joining location, which is driven by means of an actuator (8) and on/in which the plastic element (9) can be held, in particular by means of a vacuum and which has a temperature measuring device by means of which the temperature of the metal component (3) can be recorded, in particular during the cooling at the joining location, and having a control unit by means of which the actuator (8) of the joining die (7) can be controlled depending on the recorded temperature, in particular when a defined joining temperature is reached/not reached.

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