Neotime is geared to supply rivets to industrial applications such as racks, office furniture, and playground equipement. We are also equipped for custom designed rivets in the automotive market; from tight tolerances to high strength designs…we are ready to support any requirement.

A blind rivet consists of two parts:-

the rivet body, also referred to as the rivet body
and within it, the setting device, the mandrel (sometimes called the nail or rivet stem).
The rivet body is normally manufactured from one of three methods:-

from wire, the most common method
from tube, common in longer lengths, not normally as strong as wire drawn
from sheet, least popular and generally the weakest option.
Blind rivets are particularly used when access to the joint is only available from one side. The rivet is placed in a pre-drilled hole and is set by pulling the mandrel head into the rivet body, expanding the body and causing it to flare against the reverse side. As the head of the mandrel reaches the face of the blind side material, the pulling force is resisted, and at a predetermined force, the mandrel will snap at the break point of the mandrel. A tight joint formed by the rivet body remains, the head of the mandrel remains encapsulated at the blind side, although variations of this are available, and the mandrel stem is ejected.

2.) Rivet selection factors to consider

a. Rivet Joint strength
b. Joint thickness
c. Nature of rivets' materials
d. Hole size
e. Rivet Head Style