Aircraft Blind Rivets
4 lbs 2kg shipping weight.
Aircraft blind rivets. Not for cherrymax rivets. This rivet is a high strength blind rivet used on late model aircraft. Since the entire process is completed from one side of the joint the installer can be blind to the other side of the piece hence the name.
It has a minimum shear strength of 75 000 psi and can be installed by one man. Blind rivet selection and installation. Our rivet removal tool comes complete with four drill bits and guides for removing 3 32 1 8 5 32 and 3 16 universal head an470 solid rivets.
After being inserted into the joint they are pulled together to form a solid fastening. Since the mandrel is locked into place they have the same or greater shear load carrying capacity as solid rivets and may be used to replace solid rivets on all but the most critical stressed aircraft. The deutsch rivet consists of two parts the stainless steel sleeve and the hardened steel drive pin.
The pin and sleeve are coated with a lubricant and a corrosion inhibitor. Types of blind rivets. Comes with 1 8 5 32 and 3 16 nosepieces.
Aircraft spruce supplies components for a wide variety of homebuilt aircraft and discount pilot supplies. Traditionally blind rivets were used on aircraft leading edges trailing edges and close out areas which are limited to access to one side of the structure. Rivets are cleanly removed without damage to the rivet hole or aircraft skin.
Blind rivets are multi piece rivet assemblies capable of being installed from one side of the workpiece. Pulls avex pop and all smooth stem rivets up to 3 16. The aircraft blind rivet also known as a pulled rivet or pop rivet is the most common component for fastening panels or skins to the airframe when only one side of the structure can be accessed.
Internally and externally locked structural blind rivets can be used in aircraft applications because unlike other types of blind rivets the locked mandrels cannot fall out and are watertight. The rivet is then inserted into the hole from one side and a rivet puller commonly referred to as a rivet gun is used on the same side to pull on the rivet stem. A quality pneumatic riveter designed to pull 3 32 through 3 16 aluminum and steel blind rivets.
The process uses flush type rivets where the flush rivet head is formed into a domed head by the riveting process. Zenith aircraft company has developed a unique process for setting blind rivets which requires custom rivet heads. Use only zenith rivets supplied with the kit.
Blind rivets consist of a rivet and a shank.
