The invention discloses a
cobalt starting sheet lug heating and riveting process, belongs to the field of non-
ferrous metallurgy, and solves the problems of easiness in
cracking, large
contact resistance and large
heat affected zone of a
welding process in cold riveting. The process comprises the following steps:
processing a riveting hole in a
cobalt starting sheet; the to-be-riveted area of the
cobalt lug is locally heated, so that the temperature of the cobalt lug in the to-be-riveted area is increased to the
phase change temperature of the cobalt lug; the heated cobalt lug in the hot state is conveyed to the riveting position of the cobalt starting sheet, and pressure is applied, so that the cobalt material softened through heating generates plastic flow and is filled into a riveting hole of the cobalt starting sheet, and a mechanically-interlocked riveting point is formed; and the pressure is kept until the riveting point is preliminarily shaped and then is relieved, and the cobalt lug piece shrinks in the cooling process, so that clamping force is generated at the joint. According to the method, the riveting area of the cobalt lug is softened through local heating, riveting is conducted through thermoplasticity of the cobalt lug, the microscopic cracks and
cracking phenomena generated by cold riveting are thoroughly avoided, and the tensile strength and reliability of the connecting point are remarkably improved.