Current collector head manufacturing method and current collector head

A method for manufacturing a current collector head for a current collector having an electrically conductive contact shoe and an electrically insulating contact shoe holder, the method comprising:

• first, inserting a section of the contact shoe into an outwardly open cavity in the contact shoe holder configured and dimensioned to match the section of the contact shoe;
• second, clamping the contact shoe in the cavity of the contact shoe holder by acting on the contact shoe holder with at least an external force directed onto the inserted section of the contact shoe;
• third, with the section of the contact shoe inserted into the cavity of the contact shoe holder, heating the contact shoe to a temperature sufficient to form a bonded connection with the contact shoe holder;
• fourth, cooling the current collector head formed from the contact shoe and the contact shoe holder.