Multi-part piston construction for an opposed-piston engine

A method of making a piston for an opposed-piston engine, comprising:

• providing a crown part comprising a circumferentially-extending compression ring belt region with one or more ring grooves, an end surface shaped to define a combustion chamber with an end surface of an opposing piston of the opposed-piston engine, a bowl in the end surface, and notches in the end surface which open into the bowl through a peripheral edge of the crown part, the bowl having a longitudinal axis, the notches being spaced along the longitudinal axis of the bowl so as to be situated at opposed locations on the peripheral edge;
• providing a skirt part comprising a first end, a second end, and a wristpin bore with a wristpin bore axis;
• providing an outer part comprising a circumferentially-extending oil ring belt region with one or more ring grooves;
• registering the crown part with respect to the skirt part such that there is a predetermined orientation between the longitudinal axis of the bowl and the wristpin bore axis;
• joining the crown part to the first end of the skirt part with one or more first weld seams;
• and
• joining the second end of the skirt part to the outer part with a second weld seam.