Device and non-cutting shaping method for introducing an outside profile into a workpiece

A portable handheld device for introducing an external profile into a longitudinal workpiece by noncutting shaping, the device comprising:

• a profiling tool in the form of a thread-rolling tool configured to form the external profile in the workpiece;
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• a locking element forming an angle between 35° and 160° on a side facing the profiling tool so as to be configured to lock in place on an outer diameter of the workpiece,
• the profiling tool being disposed in a force transmission plane opposite the locking element, having a pitchless profile, and being disposable at an adjustable tilt angle so as to be inclined relative to the workpiece as a function of a desired lead angle of the external profile,
• wherein the workpiece is disposable and removable between the profiling tool and the locking element when the profiling tool and locking element are in a neutral position, wherein the profiling tool and the locking element are configured to execute a feed movement relative to one another such that the neutral position is adjustable, and wherein the locking element includes a profiling configured to engage in interspaces of the introduced external profile so as to improve a transfer of force by the locking element.