These solid fasteners resist water, vibration, tampering, and other severe conditions.Threaded insert and rivet nuts which are applied like a classic rivet integrate seamless, strong, and permanent threading in fragile sheet materialsWhere can be Rivets used?Rivets are intended to offer awesome flexibility, enabling them to fasten wood, metal, plastic and substantially more. They can be installed from only one side making them ideal for areas where access is limited.Tubular Rivets have a shank hole within the shaft of the rivet and are available with different head styles such as the oval, button, flat and countersunk.Snap Rivets are supplied pre-assembled and simply push into the required holes providing a fast and neat solution.Solid rivets, or the original rivet. They are used to permanently join two steel, aluminium or copper plates usually in mechanical applications where it is imperative that joints do not become loose and cause failure.Types of rivetsThere are many types of rivets available:Blind Rivets also known as drive rivets have a mandrel through their centre that once inserted into pre-drilled holes of the parts they are joining, the blind end expands and the mandrel snaps off. On the installation, a riveter places a rivet in a pre-drilled hole, and the tail is set or bucked (i.e., deformed) with a rivet gun, rivet tool or pneumatic hammer so that it expands to about 1.5 - 2 times the original shaft diameter, holding the rivet in place. The rivet body head may be a standard dome, large flange, or countersunk, and all available in a vast array of diameters and grip ranges, depending on the thickness of the final joint.Ĭall Empire Bolt & Screw or send us a Request for Quote on your Blind Rivet needs today.Rivets Rivets are mechanical fasteners that consist of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end and a tail at the opposite end. Additionally, the retained mandrel acts as a tight seal to block the passage of fluids and gases into the rivet body.īlind rivets come in a wide range of material combinations for both the rivet body and the mandrel: Steel Rivet/Steel Mandrel, Aluminum/Steel, Stainless/Steel, Stainless/Stainless, Aluminum/Aluminum, plus some unusual materials including Monel and Copper. “Closed end” rivets offer an alternative where the mandrel head is retained securely inside the rivet body, eliminating the possibility of the mandrel working itself into an assembly where it could cause shorts or other issues. In the standard “open end” rivets, the blind rivet end expands and deforms around the blind side of the component and the mandrel snaps off and is discarded, leaving a clean, finished look to the joint. Blind rivets are inserted into pre-drilled holes in each of the parts to be joined, and a special tool is used to draw the rivet mandrel up through the body of the rivet.
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