Blind Rivet Standards

American standard ifi 114 rivets american standard inch series blind rivets are manufactured to ifi 114 specifications.

Blind rivet standards.

The most recognised standard is ifi 114 break mandrel rivets from the industrial fasteners institute in the usa. Diameter and spacing of the blind rivets. Fastener standards for rivets cover multiple kinds of blind rivets addressing closed open and self plugging varieties. Ajax blind rivets are manufactured at our own plant in singapore and generally adhere to ifi 114.

Stainless 304 dome head blind rivet standard blind rivets with a stainless steel body and mandrel provide the strongest tensile strength shear strength and mandrel bread load standards. 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. This range of material or work thickness is the blind rivet s grip range.

Hole size proper hole size is important to ensure the in tegrity of the fastened joint. A blind rivet is a two piece fastener that consists of a rivet body and a mandrel. All aluminum aluminum rivet w steel mandrel all steel stainless rivet w steel mandrel and all stainless. Rivets buck bolts blind rivets and threaded fasteners shall be assembled with wet unthinned zinc chromate primer conforming to tt p 1757.

Other rivet standards address the mechanical and material properties of the alloys the rivets are made from. This international standard specifies the terminology and definitions for types performance characteristics and geometry for blind rivets and the terminology for blind rivet setting and setting equipment used generally in blind riveting. Most suppliers of quality blind rivets use this specification with a few variations. If the fasteners are dissimilar to and can result in a direct contact with magnesium a washer of 5052 aluminum alloy with not less than an over lap of 0 125.

Stainless steel does not tarnish and resists corrosion and numerous chemicals and solvents. Material thickness each blind rivet is engineered for a specific range of material thickness for which it will be effective. Blind rivet standards back to fastener standards for rivets home blind rivets blind and closed rivets blind and open rivets blind and self plugging rivets. To be installed the blind rivet is placed inside a drilled hole and through a riveting tool a pulling force is applied to the mandrel that deforms the body forming a joint.