Standard Open-End Rivet
A blind rivet is often manufactured with a smooth, hollow, cylindrical body that can be capped with a dome head (large flange or countersunk) and finished with a solid mandrel that maintains a bulbed head which extends from the hollow rivet shaft. After installation, these rivets resemble tubular rivets, but in divergence to tubular rivets, a portion of the mandrel stays inside the body. Blind rivets provide strength, reliability, versatility and clean installation coupled with tamper-proof and anti-vibration qualities.
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Blind Rivet Materials
Depending on your specific project requirement needs, our open-end blind (POP® style) rivets are available in either steel, aluminum, stainless steel or a combination of both. These unique steel, stainless steel alloy, and aluminum alloy materials offer a bevy. Our standard open-end rivets are available in Button (Dome), Countersunk or Large flange configurations, in the following materials:
Aluminum Open-End Rivet
• 5052 Aluminum Rivet / Aluminum Mandrel
• IFI-114 Grade 11
Aluminum / Steel Open-End Rivet(offered in two configurations)
• 5056 Aluminum Rivet / Steel Phosphated Mandrel, or
• 5052 Aluminum Rivet / Steel Zinc Plated Mandrel
• The phosphate mandrel reduces rivet gun jaw cleaning
• The zinc plated mandrel provides greater rust protection
• IFI-114 Grade 18
Steel Open-End Rivet(offered in two configurations)
• Steel Trivalent Zinc Plated Rivet / Steel Trivalent Phosphated Mandrel
• Steel Trivalent Zinc Plated Rivet / Steel Trivalent Zinc Plated Mandrel
• IFI-114 Grade 30
Stainless Steel / Steel Open-End Rivet
• 18-8 Stainless Steel Rivet / Steel Trivalent Zinc Plated Mandrel
• Effective alternative to the Stainless / Stainless option; similar shear and tensile strength
• For use where aesthetics is not important; steel mandrel can potentially leave rust trail
• IFI-114 Grade 50
Stainless Steel Open-End Rivet (Provides an excellent way to prevent rust and oxidation)
• 18-8 Stainless Steel Rivet / 18-8 Stainless Steel Mandrel
• IFI-114 Grade 51
Stainless Steel & Aluminum Blind Rivet Benefits
Blind rivets can create a wide range of advantages for your specific application needs. Compared to other fastener devices, blind rivets and semi-tubular rivets provide numerous unmatched benefits. Some of the advantages that blind and semi-tubular or solid rivets provide that other fasteners cannot, include: quickness of installation, improved tool clearance, elimination of torque problems and stripping and will not loosen over time.
Open End Blind Rivet Applications
Blind rivets can be used for a wide range of applications, depending on your project application needs. Some of the most common uses for open-end blind rivets include:
• Attaching steel, aluminum, stainless steel, plastic and even wood materials together
• Attaching hinges
• Automotive manufacturing
• Aircraft manufacturing
• Contract manufacturing
• Sheet metal fabricating
• Trailer repair
• Boat repair
Assembly Process for Open End Blind Rivets
The rivet is inserted into a pre-drilled hole, and a tool is used to draw up the mandrel. This action pulls the blind side of the body up, against the base material, to form a retention bulb on the blind side. These two heads, the supplied one and the applied one, devise the rivet fastening mechanism. The excess mandrel snaps off cleanly, inside the rivet body.
Monroe JHP Fastener’s offers standard open end blind rivets that are constructed from two differing pieces: a body (rivet), and a mandrel (stem or nail) which is used to draw the shell into the fastening position. Choosing the rivets that work for your specific application is determined by a variety of factors, but here are a few important features to consider:
• Length and diameter of rivet needed
• Space limitations
• Load and shear values
• Installation tools
• Host material
• Choice of head design
Rivet Installation Tools
Monroe JHP Fasteners offers a large selection of new installation tooling for rivets and other fasteners. We stock high quality, high-performance equipment for a broad range of fastening applications. Our inventory includes:
Contact Monroe JHP Fasteners for Open End Blind Rivets Today
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