Product Description
Material - Solid AluminumType - Countersunk headhead
Sizes - All Metric (mm) Sizes
The setting of these fasteners requires access to both sides of a structure. Solid rivets are driven using a hydraulically, pneumatically, or electromagnetically actuated squeezing tool or even a handheld hammer.
On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched or drilled hole, and the tail is upset, or bucked (i.e., deformed), so that it expands to about 1.5 times the original shaft diameter, holding the rivet in place. In other words, pounding creates a new "head" on the other end by smashing the "tail" material flatter, resulting in a rivet that is roughly a dumbbell shape. To distinguish between the two ends of the rivet, the original head is called the factory head and the deformed end is called the shop head or buck-tail.
Because there is effectively a head on each end of an installed rivet, it can support tension loads. However, it is much more capable of supporting shear loads (loads perpendicular to the axis of the shaft).
| A | B | C |
| 3mm | 6mm | 5mm |
| 3mm | 8mm | 5mm |
| 5mm | 25mm | 8.5mm |
| 5mm | 20mm | 8.5mm |
| 6mm | 12mm | 10.2mm |
| 6mm | 25mm | 10.2mm |
Please Note: Specifications given are intended as a guide only. If critical to your project please check with us first.
