A crankshaft which is composed of a plurality of individual elements. Each of said elements comprises a crankshaft section with an end face and bearing surface means and also comprises a main shaft journal section with an end face and with bearing surface means. The end faces of pin sections to be connected to each other are electron beam welded together after centering pins have been inserted in bores arranged in, and perpendicular to the end faces to be welded together.
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