Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...

Manufacturers have long wanted a rivet gun that was fast, light weight, and durable enough for the assembly line. But the engineering challenges of building such a tool proved too difficult, until now ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 107, Section 1: JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE (1998), pp. 1217-1221 (5 pages) High quality rivet installation is of critical importance to the aerospace industry, and the existence of ...

An aircraft is held together by hundreds of thousands of rivets. Fully automatic machines install rivet holes and rivets with precision in numerous materials. A new hybrid technology combines this ...