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A rivet compression or crimping tool can also deform this type of rivet. Solid rivets consist simply of a shaft and head that are deformed with a hammer or rivet gun. Solid rivets are one of the oldest and most reliable types of fasteners, having been found in archaeological findings dating back to the Bronze Age. There are a number of types of rivets, designed to meet different cost, accessibility, and strength requirements: 1.8 Rivet alloys, shear strengths, and driving condition.
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In other words, pounding creates a new "head" on the other end by smashing the "tail" material flatter, resulting in a rivet that is roughly a dumbbell shape. On installation, the rivet is placed in a punched or drilled hole, and the tail is upset, or bucked (i.e., deformed), so that it expands to about 1.5 times the original shaft diameter, holding the rivet in place. The end opposite to the head is called the tail.
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Before being installed, a rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.
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