3.Mark the installation location: Using a pencil or marker, mark the precise location where you’d like to install the rivet nut. 4.Punch or drill the hole: Center your hole punch or drill bit over the ...

Monitoring rivet installation reduces labor and rework costs. During the past few years, technology has revolutionized the process of installing threaded fasteners. With microprocessor-controlled ...

In this Quick Tip video from the Society of Collision Repair Specialists, Barry Dorn, vice president of Dorn’s Body and Paint, and Randy Kabble from I-CAR dive into processes that can support ...

Nov. 7, 2017—3M released a detailed report offering techniques on how to complete rivet repairs on heavy duty trucks. The report outlines rivet selection, bonding, installation and removal. There are ...

During rivet nut installation an axial crimping action performed with a setting tool the O-ring seal slides into the groove and is compressed between the flanged head and the plate or profile the ...

Rivet diameter: Blind rivets are available in diameters from 3/32 to ¼-in., with 1/32-in. incremental increases available. Diameter selection is based on space, strength, and material thickness.

Gage Bilt’s pneumatic GB7454SHV split-handle rivet system was originally developed for aerospace assemblers who had to install rivets all day with an 11.5-pound tool held above their heads. Assemblers ...