WO2011023277A2

WO2011023277A2 - Profiled element and method for producing a profiled element

Info

Publication number: WO2011023277A2
Application number: PCT/EP2010/004716
Authority: WO
Inventors: Heiner Willerscheid; Thilo Studniorz; Theo Hertweck
Original assignee: Protektorwerk Florenz Maisch Gmbh & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2009-08-26
Filing date: 2010-08-02
Publication date: 2011-03-03
Also published as: CO6612225A2; DE102009038876A1; ECSP12011690A; WO2011023277A3; CA2771914A1; AU2010288945A1; KR20120081105A; BR112012004112A2; CR20120096A; EP2454422A2; CL2012000471A1; ZA201201297B; JP2013503272A; CN102482875A; IL218303A0; EA201270305A1; SG178426A1; NZ598383A; MX2012002238A; AP2012006177A0

Abstract

The invention relates to a profiled element, in particular a profiled construction element, for example a profiled dry construction, façade, or plaster element, comprising an in particular metal elongated main body, in which at least one opening is formed. The opening has at least one edge formed transversely to the longitudinal extension of the main body, which edge is formed at least partially by a bent-over section of the main body. The bent-over section, together with an adjacent section of the main body, forms an at least double-layer area of the main body. In order to increase the stiffness of the profiled element transversely to the longitudinal extension thereof, the bent-over section is connected to the adjacent section within the at least double-layer area. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a profiled element.

Description

PROFILE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A

The present invention relates to a profile element, in particular a construction profile, for example, drywall, facade, plaster, screed or tile profile, with an in particular metallic or made of plastic elongated body in which at least one opening is formed. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a method for producing such a profile element.

Profile elements of this type are known for example from WO 2004/055289 Al and can be used in particular as a C-shaped stand profiles for drywall. To produce the profile elements of the elongated body is provided for example with a predetermined pattern. When selecting suitable patterns, two parallel longitudinal sections of the profile element can be pulled apart, in particular in a folding process, whereby a widening of the profile element takes place without additional material. The extended longitudinal sections are connected to each other via integrally formed with the longitudinal sections connecting elements. Corresponding cutting patterns are described in WO 2004/055289 A1, the content of which, in particular with regard to the cutting patterns described in this publication, is hereby explicitly included in the disclosure content of the present application.

Another possibility for producing expanded profile elements is described in WO 2007/101594 A1. In this document is under Others described a Profϊlelement that is not generated by a folding process but by a pure expansion process, in which introduced into the profile slots are widened by drawing to diamond-shaped openings. Such a profiled element can also be used in particular for the production of upright profiles. Also, the content of this document is hereby explicitly incorporated in the disclosure of the present application, in particular with regard to the patterns described in this document. Furthermore, corresponding profile elements can also be produced without expansion or folding operation, so that the basic body, as is common, for example, in the case of normal upright profiles, has an unstretched, substantially closed construction. In such a body openings of the type mentioned can be introduced, for example, by a punching operation. The disadvantage of this is that the punched material forms rejects, whereby the manufacturing costs for such profile elements are increased.

In general, it is often desirable for profile elements of the type mentioned in the beginning, and in particular for upright profiles, that through-openings are provided through which, for example, cables, lines or other elongate, band or cord-shaped elements as well as tubes or other hollow bodies can be passed. Regardless of whether such lead-through openings are produced by punching out corresponding holes in the base body, by the described fastening process or by pulling apart, there is the problem that the profiled element in the region of the opening produced, in particular in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extent of the profile element has a reduced rigidity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a profile element of the type mentioned, in which the rigidity in the region of the opening is increased compared to conventional profile elements. Based on a profile element of the type mentioned, this object is achieved in that the opening comprises at least one edge formed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the body, which is at least partially formed by a bent portion of the body, that the bent portion together with an adjacent portion of the base body forms an at least double-layered region of the basic body and that, in order to increase the rigidity of the profile element transversely to its longitudinal extension, the bent-over section is connected to the adjacent section within the at least double-layered region.

An inventively designed method for producing such a profile element is characterized in that in the body slits for folding out a portion of the body are introduced, that the portion for forming an opening in the body along a transverse to the longitudinal extent of the body, connecting the slots bend line is folded out and bent until the bent portion together with an adjacent portion of the body forms an at least double-layered region of the body, and that is connected to increase the stiffness of the profile element transversely to the longitudinal extent of the bent portion within the at least double-layered portion with the adjacent portion ,

Thus, according to the invention, the reduced stiffness caused by the opening is compensated for by being located directly in the area a transverse to the longitudinal direction of the profile element extending edge of the opening at least a double-layered area is generated and the individual layers of this area are connected to each other, so that no displacement of the two layers against each other is possible. At least one of the layers is produced by a material section which, by folding out of the base body, forms at least one region of the opening. As a result, on the one hand, the material used to form the opening is not wasted, but is used to stiffen the base body. On the other hand, by folding out the section from the opening, it is automatically ensured that the stiffening effect is given directly in the area of the opening, ie in the area of the weak point created by the opening. The term "transverse" is understood to mean any direction that does not extend exclusively in the longitudinal direction of the profile element. In particular, the transverse edge may be rectilinear or curved, as long as it extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the profile element at least in a partial region.

Furthermore, no supply of a separate part to increase the rigidity is required by the integral connection of the folded out of the main body portion. Due to the integral connection of the bent portion with the base body, the production of the stiffening region in the online process is possible even at very high speeds, such as significantly more than 100 m / min.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the edge extends at least partially substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the body. As a result, a uniform bearing edge is provided for lines or the like to be led through the opening. At the same time, the two-ply Rich perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the body, so that the increased rigidity is achieved in an optimal manner in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the body. According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the bent-over section is connected to the adjacent section by a pressure joining method such as clinching or crimping, by clamping, crimping, pressing, welding, screwing, gluing or riveting. The stronger the connection between the folded portion and the adjacent portion of the main body, the greater the rigidity of the profile. In particular, a shearing movement between the layers of the multi-layer area should be prevented with the chosen connection method, so that, for example, a bulging of the profile element is prevented.

Advantageously, the edge is formed substantially over its entire length by the bent portion. This may be the case, for example, if the main body is not divided into two spaced-apart longitudinal sections by pulling apart or the folding process described above, but essentially forms a closed surface. In this case, after inserting corresponding slots in the base body defined by this slot portion of the

Basic body are bent out, automatically resulting in the bending of this section edge extends over the entire length of the resulting opening. Since the edge is formed in this case over its entire length as a bent edge, it is ensured that the edge is not sharp-edged, but has a certain roundness. This ensures that lines passed through the opening can rest on the edge without the risk of damaging the cables. According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, a first part of the edge is formed by the bent portion. Advantageously, a second part of the edge adjoins the first part of the edge, which is formed by a non-bent portion of the base body. In particular, the non-bent portion may form at least a part of the adjacent portion of the base body. Preferably, the first part of the edge can be formed by a single-layer bent portion, which is adjoined by at least a second part of the edge, which is formed by a double-layer bent-over section of the main body.

This design is particularly useful when the main body is divided into two longitudinal sections, which are pulled apart by the folding process described above. The resulting already by the folding process openings can be additionally increased by corresponding bent portions, which are formed by the bent portions of, for example, the first longitudinal portion of the body as well as non-bent portions of the second longitudinal section merging into each other parts of the edge. In this case, the bent-over section can form a double-layered region both with the first longitudinal section and with the second longitudinal section, wherein in both of these two-layered regions and in both double-layered regions the connection of the bent-over section to the respective adjacent sections can be established. to achieve increased rigidity.

Advantageously, in this embodiment, the basic body comprises two longitudinal sections which are spaced apart from one another and which run parallel to one another and, at a plurality of connecting points, are integral with the one another Formed longitudinal sections, the distance between the longitudinal sections each bridging connecting elements are interconnected, wherein the opening extends from one of the longitudinal sections over the distance to the other longitudinal section and the bent portion forms a distance between the longitudinal sections bridging portion of the edge.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the opening comprises at least two correspondingly formed, in particular opposite edges. As a result, the desired improved rigidity and thus an overall higher rigidity of the profile element in the region of the opening are achieved on both opposite sides of the opening. According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the profile element is designed as a C-profile, U-profile, L-profile, T-profile, H-profiles, hat profile or Z-profile. In principle, the profile element according to the invention can also be used for other suitable types of profiles. According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the edge is at least partially overlapped by a cover and in particular includes. This is particularly useful in a sharp-edged design of the edge, since in this case guided through the opening through lines do not rest on the sharp-edged edge, but on the cover this cross element. This ensures that no damage to the guided through the opening elements can arise. The cover elements can not only overlap the support edge, but advantageously also be designed so that the entire peripheral edge of the opening overlaps and in particular is encompassed. Advantageously, the edge can be provided at least in regions with a bend, in particular a flanging. This can be done in particular as an alternative, but in principle in addition to the cover described. Also by a bend is achieved that, despite a possibly sharp-edged design of the edge, the support for guided through the opening lines is rounded. This in turn avoids damage to the elements passed through the opening.

While the opening, as already described, may advantageously be designed as a passage opening, in particular for electrical lines, it is also possible in principle for the opening to fulfill a function deviating therefrom. In particular, the opening may, for example, also be used as an air passage opening or as a passage opening for other materials, such as e.g. Insulation materials are used. Also in this case, a stiffening of the profile element is achieved by the inventive design. Advantageously, a plurality of openings are provided, in particular in

Longitudinal direction of the body are arranged distributed. The openings can be present in particular at regular intervals. By arranging a plurality of openings, the flexible use of a profile element designed according to the invention in the passage of lines, cables or the like is further increased.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims. The invention will be described in more detail below by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings; in these show:

1 shows a section of a strip-shaped material section with sectional patterns for producing a profile element designed according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows an inventively designed C-profile, Fig. 3 shows a detail of another strip-shaped

Material section with a modified pattern,

4 shows the element according to FIG. 3 after expansion, FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a further C-profile according to the invention designed with the cutting pattern according to FIG. 3, FIG.

6 is a perspective view of a Abdeckele- element,

7 to 9 are perspective views of further cover elements and FIGS. 10 to 13 show four different states during the production of a further embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows an elongated, flat material portion 1, which may for example consist of metal, plastic or other suitable materials for producing a profile element according to the invention. The material section 1 comprises an elongated base body 2, which comprises a longitudinally extending base section 3 and two sections 4 adjoining the base section 3 laterally, which in each case run along a dashed line 6 in order to produce legs 5 (FIG. 2) 90 ° can be bent so that a shown in Fig. 2 stator profile 7 is generated. In this case, outer edge regions 8 of the sections 4 can again be angled relative to the legs 5 by 90 ° in order to produce a C-shaped upright profile 7 in this way.

In the base portion 3 a plurality of slots 9, 10 are formed, of which the slots 9 extend in the longitudinal direction of the base body 2 and the slots 10 perpendicular thereto. The slots 9, 10 can be generated for example by rotary die cutting, laser cutting or any other suitable cutting or stamping process.

In each case two slots 9 are connected by crease lines 11 shown as dashed lines, along which portions 12 of the main body 2 can be bent to form openings 13 (FIG. 2).

By the bent portions 12 edges 14 of the openings 13 are respectively generated according to FIG. 2, which extend transversely and in particular perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the base body 2. According to FIG. 2, the bent-over sections 12 of the main body 2 are bent over so far that they come into abutment flatly on adjacent sections 15 of the basic body 2, which are shown in FIG. 1 as hatched areas. Together with the adjacent sections 15, the bent-over sections 12 thus form double-layered regions 16 of the main body 2, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the main body 2, are each immediately adjacent to the openings 13. As can be seen further from FIG. 2, connecting means 17 designed as rivets are provided, for example, with which the bent-over sections 12 are firmly connected to the adjacent sections 15. By the connecting means 17 relative movements between the bent portions 12 and the adjacent portions 15 are prevented, whereby a stiffening of the base body 2 is achieved directly in the region of the openings 13, ie in the area weakened by the openings 13 in its rigidity. By means of this stiffening effect, it can be achieved, for example, that, when used as a stud profile, bending of the base section 3 is avoided in the case of a lateral load on the legs 5, as may occur, for example, when screwing in screws when attaching a planking. The openings 13 may be used to pass members such as electrical leads 18. Since the edges 14 are each formed by the bent portions 12, the edges 14 are not sharp-edged, but have a certain roundness. This avoids damage to the insulation of the electrical leads 18 resting on the edges 14.

FIG. 3 shows a material section 19 with a main body 35, which has a multiplicity of slits 20 running obliquely and along the longitudinal extent of the material section 19. Corresponding as well as modified cutting patterns are described in WO 2004/055289 A1, whose disclosure content concerning the different possible cutting patterns as well as their use for expanding material sections is expressly included in the present application. In addition to the slits forming these known patterns, slits 22 adjoining two obliquely extending slits 21 are formed in FIG. 3 and extend transversely to the longitudinal extent of the material section 19. Each of the slots 22 is followed by a slot 23 extending in the longitudinal direction of the material section 19, to which, in turn, a further slot 24 extending parallel to the respective slot 22 follows. The ends of the two slots 24 are in turn connected by a longitudinally extending slot 25.

Approximately starting from the center of the slot 25, a further slot 26 extends in turn parallel to the slots 24 beyond their ends, with the end of the slot 26 in turn followed by two longitudinal slots 27, 28, each approximately at the level of Slits 24 end. The ends of the slots 27, 28 are connected to the slots 24 via dashed lines 29, 30, respectively, which represent kink lines 31, 32, as will be explained below.

Through the slots 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 sections 33, 34 of the base body 35 are limited, which can be bent along the fold lines 31, 32, as will be explained in more detail below. Slot-shaped openings 36, which extend in the longitudinal direction of the material section 19, are respectively formed in the sections 33, 34. Furthermore, tongue-shaped sections 37, 38 of the main body 35 are formed by the slots 22, 23 and 24, at the ends of tabs 39, 40 are formed.

Through the slots 20 to 28, the main body 35 of the material section 19 is divided into two longitudinal sections 41, 42, which according to FIG. 4 transverse to the longitudinal extent of the material portion 19 can be pulled apart and in the extended state over one piece with the longitudinal sections 41, 42, the distance between the longitudinal sections 41, 42 respectively bridging connecting elements 43 are interconnected. From Fig. 4 it can be seen that by pulling apart and an additional bending of the sections 33, 34 along the fold lines 29, 30 between the longitudinal sections 41, 42, an opening 44 is formed, which limits in the longitudinal direction of the material portion 19 by edges 45, 46 is.

A first part 47 of the edges 45, 46 is formed in each case by the bent over sections 33, 34, while a second part 48 of the edges 45, 46 adjoining it is formed by the non-bent tongue-shaped sections 37, 38. The bent-over portions 33, 34 lie, as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, on adjacent portions 49, 50 of the main body 35, which are again shown in FIG. 3 as hatched areas. Further adjacent sections 51, 52 are formed by the ends of the tongue-shaped sections 37, 38, which after bending over the sections 33, 34, as well as the adjacent sections 49, 50, together with the bent portions 33, 34 double-layered areas 53, 54th of the main body 35 form.

Within the double-layered regions 53, 54, the bent-over sections 33, 34 are in each case firmly connected to the adjacent sections 49 to 52 via connection means 55, 56. The connecting means 55 are shown by way of example as riveted, but can also be designed as other suitable initially described connection means. The connecting means 56 are exemplified in Fig. 4 by the slot-shaped openings 36 and the tabs 39, 40 of the tongue-shaped sections 37, 38 formed. For this purpose, the tabs 39, 40 are bent over and inserted through the slot-shaped openings 36, as can be seen in FIG. Fig. 5 shows a C-shaped Ständerpro fil 57, which is made of a material portion 35 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The upright profile 57 comprises a plurality of openings 44 through which electrical lines 18 or other supply lines can be routed. Since the edges 45 of the openings 44 on which the electrical lines 18 abut, formed only in their right in Fig. 5 shown areas 58 by bending the portion 34 as a rounded edge, there is a danger that without additional protective measures through guided electrical lines 18 are damaged when they rest on the remaining area of the edge 45.

In order to avoid such damage, according to the representation of the upper opening 44 in FIG. 5, the remaining area of the edge 45 may be provided with a bend 63, for example a curl. Additionally or alternatively, according to the middle illustration in FIG. 5, the edge 45 can be provided with a cover element 59. The cover member 59 may for example have the shape shown in Fig. 6 a sleeve with longitudinal slot. In this case, the cover element 59 can simply be plugged onto the edge 45 and either held by a corresponding clamping effect or additionally be squeezed or pressed. Since the top of the cover 59 is formed rounded, damage to the electric wire 18 is prevented in this way. The cover member may have different shapes and, for example, according to FIG. 7 to 9 may be formed as a hook-shaped cover member 60. By an extended, downwardly projecting portion 61 of the cover 60 is an additional attachment of the cover 60 on the body 35, for example, by riveting or other of the types of connection described above possible.

As shown in Fig. 5 in the lower region, the opening 44 can be covered over its entire circumference by a corresponding cover member 62. The cover member 62 thus forms an all-round eyelet, which covers the edge 45 and the adjoining edges of the opening 44 in a manner similar to the cover elements 59 and 60, respectively.

In contrast to the rectangular shape shown in Fig. 5, the cover or the eyelet can also have rounded areas, so that ultimately a correspondingly rounded inner contour of the opening is achieved. In this way, for example, a circular, an elliptical, an oval or even an angular shape with rounded corners can be achieved. In this case, even the openings themselves may have a corresponding rounded shape. However, it is also possible for the openings to have an angular shape, as illustrated by way of example in FIG. 5, and a rounded inner contour only to be formed by correspondingly formed covering elements or eyelets, e.g. have a greater radial thickness at the corners than in the sections lying between the corners.

FIG. 10 shows a further embodiment of the invention, in which the cutting pattern according to FIG. 3 is modified. For simplicity, only the differences from the embodiment of FIGS Fig. 3 to 5 described in more detail. The same or similar elements are provided in FIGS. 10 to 13 with the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 3 to 5. In Fig. 10 close to the slots 21 each transverse to the longitudinal extent of the material portion 19 extending slots 64 which each only up to the center line 65 of the material portion 19 and up to the level of the center formed by the inclined slots 20, 21 Cutting patterns in the upper and lower portions of the material portion 19 extend. In this case, one of the slots 64 extends starting from a slot 21 terminating on one side of the center line 65 and the other slot 64 starting from a slot 21 ending on the other side of the center line 65 in the direction of the center line 65. The slots 64 each adjoin one another along the center line 65 running slot 66 to which in turn an opposite parallel to the respective slot 64 extending further slot 67 connects. At the ends of the slots 67, a slot 68 running perpendicular to the respective slot 67 is formed, which thus extends parallel to one another and parallel to the longitudinal extension of the material section 19. The centers of the two slots 68 are connected to each other via a slot 69 extending parallel to the slots 67. Furthermore, the slots 68 each extend beyond the slots 67 and terminate in inclined slots 70, which are connected to each other via broken lines 71 shown in broken lines. Similarly, the ends of the slots 67 are also connected to the slots 68 by broken lines 72 shown in broken lines.

Corresponding to the inclined slots 70 are also in the region of the connection points between the slots 68 and 69 each oblique extending slots 73 formed by the triangular holes 74 arise between the slots 68, 69 and 73, as can be seen in Fig. 10. Both the slanted slots 70 and the slanted slots 73 are only optional and prevent sharp corners from forming on the resulting profile element. Therefore, these slots can basically be omitted. In order to avoid sharp-edged corners, the slots 70, 73 could be replaced, for example, by curved slots, so that ultimately rounded corners arise.

Between the slots 68 and 69 and the fold lines 72, first sections 75 are formed, to which adjoin between the fold lines 71 and 72 and the slots 68 and 70 bordered second sections 76. Furthermore, 71 third portions 77 are formed between the slots 66, 67, 68 and 70 and the fold lines.

After introduction of the pattern shown in FIG. 10, as already described analogously to FIG. 4, the two longitudinal sections 41, 42 of the main body 35 are pulled apart. This results in a distance between the longitudinal sections 41, 42, which is bridged by the connecting elements 43, as shown in Fig. 11.

Subsequently, the portions 75 are each bent along the fold lines 72, whereby an opening 78 shown in Fig. 12 is generated.

In a further step, the sections 75, which have already been bent over once, together with the sections 76 and 77 now to be folded over the fold lines 71, are bent over a second time so that the opening 78 acquires its final size, as shown in FIG. 13. The bent portions 75, 76, 77 together with adjacent sections 79, 80 (see FIG. 10) of the main body 35 double- or three-layered areas 81, 82, 83, within which the bent portions 75, 76, 77 are connected to the adjacent sections 79, 80 by connecting means 84 , The connecting means 84 can again be designed in a variety of ways, as has already been described in detail in the context of this application.

In this embodiment, not only one part, but in each case two parts 85, 86 of the edges 87, 88 delimiting the opening 78 in the longitudinal direction of the material section, are directly penetrated along the

Bent lines 71 formed when bending the sections 76, 77 resulting buckling edges, so that these parts 85, 86 are formed as rounded edges. Additional cover elements or eyelets for the edges 87, 88 are therefore not essential. In principle, however, the cover elements and eyelets already described can also be used in this embodiment.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 section of material

2 main body

3 base section

4 sections

5 thighs

6 dashed lines

7 stand profile

8 border areas

9 slots

10 slots

1 1 crease lines

12 bent portions 13 openings

14 edges

15 adjacent sections

16 double-layered areas

17 connecting means

18 electrical lines

19 material section

20 slots

21 slots

23 slots

24 slots

25 slot

26 slot

27 slot

28 slot

29 dashed line 30 dashed line

31 crease line

32 crease line

33 bent portions 34 bent portions

35 basic body

36 slot-shaped opening

37 tongue-shaped section

38 tongue-shaped portion 39 tab

40 tab

41 longitudinal section

42 longitudinal section

43 connecting elements 44 openings

45 edges

46 edges

47 first part of the edge

48 second part of the edge 49 adjacent sections

50 adjacent sections

51 adjacent sections

52 adjacent sections

53 double-layered areas 54 double-layered areas

55 connecting means

56 connecting means

57 upright profile

58 area of the edge

59 cover element 60 cover element

61 section of the cover

62 cover element

63 bend

64 slots

65 midline

66 slots

67 slots

68 slots

69 slot

70 slots

71 crease lines

72 crease lines

73 slots

74 holes

75 sections

76 sections

77 sections

78 opening

79 adjacent sections

80 adjacent sections

81 three-layered areas

82 three-ply areas

83 double-layered areas

84 connecting means

85 part of the edge

86 part of the edge

87 edge

88 edge

Claims

claims

1. profile element, in particular construction profile, for example drywall, facade, plaster, screed or tile profile, with an in particular metallic or made of plastic elongated base body (2, 35), in which at least one opening (13, 44, 78) is trained,

characterized ,

in that the opening (13, 44, 78) comprises at least one edge (14, 45, 87, 88) formed transversely to the longitudinal extent of the base body (2, 35), which is at least partly formed by a bent-over section (12, 33, 34, 75) , 76, 77) of the base body (2, 35) is formed such that the bent portion (12, 33, 34, 75, 76, 77) together with an adjacent portion (15, 49, 50, 51, 52, 79, 80) of the base body (2, 35) forms an at least double-layered region (16, 53, 54, 81, 82, 83) of the base body (2, 35) and in that, in order to increase the rigidity of the profile element transversely to its longitudinal extent, the bent portion ( 12, 33, 34, 75, 76, 77) within the at least two-ply portion (16, 53, 54, 81, 82, 83) are joined to the adjacent portion (15, 49, 50, 51, 52, 79, 80) is.

2. profile element according to claim 1,

characterized ,

the edge (14, 45, 87, 88) extends at least in regions substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the main body (2, 35).

3. profile element according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized ,

that the bent over section (12, 33, 34, 75, 76, 77) is produced by a pressure joining method such as clinching or crimping, by clamping, crimping, pressing, welding, screwing,

Gluing or riveting to the adjacent section (15, 49, 50, 51, 52, 79, 80) is connected.

4. profile element according to claim 1, 2 or 3,

characterized ,

that the edge (14) is formed substantially over its entire length by the bent portion (12).

5. profile element according to claim 1, 2 or 4,

characterized ,

in that a first part (47, 85) of the edge (45, 87, 88) is formed by the bent over section (33, 34, 75, 76, 77).

6. profile element according to claim 5,

characterized ,

in that a second part (48) of the edge (45) adjoins the first part (47) of the edge (45), which is formed by a non-bent section (37, 38) of the main body (35).

7. profile element according to claim 6,

characterized ,

in that the non-bent section (37, 38) forms at least part of the adjacent section (51, 52) of the base body.

8. profile element according to claim 5, 6 or 7,

characterized ,

in that the first part (85) of the edge (87, 88) is formed by a single-layer bent portion (75) to which at least a second part (86) adjoins the edge (87, 88), which is bent over by an at least double-layered Section (75, 76, 75, 77) of the base body (35) is formed.

9. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

the base body (35) comprises two longitudinal sections (41, 42) spaced apart from one another and parallel to each other and formed at a plurality of connection points integrally with the longitudinal sections (41, 42), the spacing between the longitudinal sections (41, 42) bridging fasteners (43) are interconnected so that the opening (44, 78) extends from one of the longitudinal sections (41) across the distance to the other longitudinal section (42) and that the folded portion (33, 34) extends the distance between the longitudinal sections (41, 42) bridging portion of the edge (45, 87, 88) forms.

10. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

the opening (13, 44, 78) comprises at least two correspondingly formed, in particular opposite, edges (14, 45, 87, 88).

11. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

that the profile element as C-profile (7, 57), U-profile, L-profile, T-profile, H-profile, hat profile or Z-profile is formed.

12. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

that the edge (45, 87, 88) at least partially overlapped by a cover member (59, 60, 62) and in particular is included.

13. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

the edge (45, 87, 88) is provided at least in regions with a bend (63), in particular a curl.

14. Profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

the opening (13, 44, 78) is designed as a passage opening, in particular for electrical lines (18) or for other supply lines.

15. profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

that a plurality of openings (13, 44, 78) are provided, which in particular dere are arranged distributed in the longitudinal direction of the base body (2, 35).

16. A method for producing a profile element according to at least one of the preceding claims,

characterized ,

in that slots (9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73) for folding out a section (12, 33, 34, 75, 73) are inserted into the base body (2, 35). 76, 77) of the base body (2, 35) are inserted such that the portion (12, 33, 34, 75, 76, 77) for forming an opening (13,

44, 78) in the base body (2, 35) along a transverse to the longitudinal extent of the base body (2, 35) extending at least a portion of the slots (9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73) folding fold line (11, 31, 32, 71, 72) is folded and bent until the bent portion (12, 33, 34, 75, 76,

77) together with an adjacent section (15, 49, 50, 51, 52, 79, 80) of the base body (2, 35) has an at least double-layered region (16, 53, 54, 81, 82, 83) of the base body (2 , 35), and that in order to increase the rigidity of the profile element transversely to its longitudinal extension, the bent portion (12, 33, 34, 75, 76, 77) within the at least double-layered region (16, 53, 54, 81, 82, 83 ) is connected to the adjacent portion (15, 49, 50, 51, 52, 79, 89).