Enough about the way it works; allow us now a word or two on what makes a blind rivet so irresistible. The fact is, that the blind rivet not only connects a huge variety of materials without any difficulty and thus guarantees a high connection quality; no, it does even more. Blind-rivet technology in particular offers great reliability by creating a permanent, unmovable connection, coupled with high tensile strength and shear resistance. Moreover, it saves a great deal of time and costs, for instance in lower acquisition prices and high processing speeds, without any preparatory or finishing work.
You can see that the blind rivet belongs to a very economical and reliable species. In order to make you even better acquainted with the family of blind rivets and its partners, the processing equipment, we will be presenting its most prominent representatives to you over the next few pages.
Blind rivets never come singly. There are blind rivets made of aluminum alloys with a steel, aluminum, or stainless steel mandrel, blind rivets made of steel with a steel mandrel and high rigidity, blind rivets made of A2 and A4 stainless steel, blind rivets made of copper with a steel or bronze mandrel, plastic and clamp-profile blind rivets, etc. To make a long story short, there are more than 2,500 different types, but every single one is made up of an eyelet and a mandrel.
Let's start with the eyelet. Its "head" is responsible for forming the closure or rivet head, and thus for creating a good, durable connection. And that is where the eyelet core comes in, because this is the filler section of the part of the rivet that remains in the eyelet.
The rivet body material is the key factor to mechanical strength and corrosion resistance of the fastening.
