Method for producing a camshaft assembly

A method for producing a ready-for-use camshaft for controlling valves of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising:

• joining an end component to a carrier shaft;
• grinding the carrier shaft to form cam seats so as to establish readiness for use, wherein the cam seats are configured to permit passage of cam elements thereover without fixing thereof;
• introducing a surface profile into a first cam seat after said grinding step, the first cam seat adjacent the end component;
• seating, by pressing, a first cam element with ready-for-use characteristics on the first cam seat with the surface profile such that the first cam element is attached in a positionally fixed manner to the carrier shaft;
• repeating the introducing and seating steps for a second cam seat and a second cam element, wherein the second cam seat is axially farther away from the end component relative to the first cam seat,
• clamping the end component by way of a tailstock positioned at a side of the carrier shaft opposite the end component for the introducing the surface profile into the first cam seat and for the seating of the first cam element on the first cam seat, and
• guiding the first and second cam elements over the tailstock such that the tailstock remains positioned on the carrier shaft as the first and second cam elements are seated on the carrier shaft.