Rivet manufacturing

Rivets are one of the popular types of fasteners, often used in machine building, and in the construction of ships, aircraft and space rockets.

These products can also be found on various machines, and in the chemical and food industries. Rivets are needed when two sheet materials need to be joined.

Such world-famous structures as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Harbour Bridge in Sydney were built using these fasteners.

There are several types of rivets:

• hammer-set — cylindrical in shape with a round or countersunk head. Installed using an ordinary hammer;
• blind rivets — a long pin is added to the standard shape. These rivets are used when there is no access to the back side of the structure being joined. Installation is carried out with a pneumatic “gun”;
• rivet nuts — there is a thread inside the cylinder, which is used to screw the fastener in and flatten the ends.

Rivet manufacturing

Rivets are made on special machines. The main body of the fastener is stamped using impact presses. A nail-making machine is also used in the manufacturing of blind rivets. The vast majority of products are coated with zinc during manufacturing to withstand environmental exposure and maintain reliability.