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1. An axle housing of a vehicle axle comprised of an axle tube (1) and an axle stub, wherein the axle stub is provided with mounting surfaces (3) for the mounting of a respective vehicle wheel and has a first tube cross-section, facing the axle tube (1), wherein the axle tube (1) has a second tube cross-section that has the same cross-section shape as the first tube cross-section wherein the first and second tube cross-sections are positioned against each other and connected integrally to each other via a weld seam (20), wherein the weld seam (20) extends from the outside of the first and second tube cross-sections to an inside of the first and second tube cross-sections and extends completely over a circumference of the axle housing with a first weld seam section passing over approximately half of the circumference of the axle housing and a second weld seam section passing over the remainder of the circumference of the axle housing, and wherein the weld seam has a ridge (21) of melted material, projecting from the inside of the first and second tube cross-sections into the interior of the axle housing along the first weld seam section, and wherein the weld seam is homogenized and smoothed along the second weld seam section in comparison to the ridge (21) of melted material of the first weld seam section; wherein the first weld seam section and the second weld seam section are welded in a single path around the circumference in a welding operation, and wherein the second weld seam section is homogenized and smoothed at the inside of the first tube cross-section and of the second tube cross-sections in comparison to the ridge (21) of melted material of the first weld seam section by a secondary energy of the welding operation impinging on the inside of the first tube cross-section and the second tube cross-section opposite a welding location of the welding operation.
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