Standard Blind Rivet Sizes

A low carbon steel for general use.

Standard blind rivet sizes.

8 9 gesipa portable power installation tools. Aluminum rivets with steel mandrels are stronger. Zinc plated steel steel mandrel. 6 polygrip blind rivets.

Distance measured parallel to the axis of the blind rivet either from the underhead face of the protruding head or from the top face of the countersunk head to the blind rivet end 2 6 1 2 blind length. Dome heads are rounded and sit above the surface. If you are going to join two metal plates with a grip of 13 mm and want to use a 4 8 mm diameter blank rivet the rivet must be 18 mm long. When sizing blind rivets the larger the size the stronger the fastened joint in both shear and tensile.

Zinc plated for moderate corrosion resistance. 7 standard blind rivets. Steel rivets with steel mandrels are stronger still. Extra length metric rivets.

Stainless steel 18 8 stainless steel mandrel. 10 gesipa installation tools for bulb tite rivets. Blind rivets come in a variety of types including open end rivets closed end rivets tri fold rivets split rivets and multi grip rivets. 1 8 diameter 0 251 0 312 this is a rivet with a 1 8 inch diameter body and a grip range of 0 251 inches to 0 312 inches.

Large rivets 1 2 in. The greater the diameter of the blind rivet the stronger the join. Blind rivets are sized by a combination of two important dimensions. Small rivets ansi standard b18 1.

When the design calls for crimped sheet edges in conjunction with dimpled holes add 06 to values indicated for flush rivets. Also aluminum rivets with aluminum mandrels are the least strong. 1 or 2 and bend radius tangent point. A corrosion resistant steel alloy.

And stainless steel rivets with either steel or stainless steel mandrels are the strongest. Diameter and smaller large rivets ansi standard b18 1 2. Small rivets 7 16 in. Otherwise maintain the normal edge distances both visible and invisible.

8 8 16 or 1 2 10 10 16 or 5 8 etc. In our catalog you will see rivet sizes notated in the form. American standard ifi 114 rivets american standard inch series blind rivets are manufactured to ifi 114 specifications. Click here to request a quote.

The most common stainless steel for general hardware use. The final number indicates the rivet length the length of a rivet is indicated in 16ths of an inch.