A rivet connection is a permanent or fixed connection, where the rivet cannot be removed or dismantled, such as the bolt and nut joints, except by damage. The advantages of a rivet connection are the absence of structural changes in the sped metal, as is the case with the joints applying, therefore the connection of Rivet is widely used on dynamic loading.
Meanwhile, the lack or loss of rivet joints is the initial work, i.e. drilling holes in the part that will be connected and the possibility of rust around the connection holes during the rivet is installed. Rivets are usually made of aluminium, bronze, copper, nickel or steel. A rivet generally consists of a part of the head and stalk. There are several types of rivets that are widely worn, such as round head rivets, tapered rivets, square head rivets, cylindrical rivets flens, explosively tacks and pop rivets The rivet joints are widely used on construction or machinery components that move, vibrate or receive considerable pressure, such as steel frame, bridges, airplanes, cranes, clutch, engine frame, automotive, boiler and others. Mounting rivets Mounting the nails can be done manually or by using the Rivet engine. Manual mounting of rivets is carried out using equipment, such as hammers, head forming and grounding. This manual installation of rivets can be done with the following steps:
Make a hole on the plate/part that will be connected by drilled. The size of this hole is generally melted by about 1.5 mm from the diameter of the shaft of the rivet to be used.
Insert the rivet shaft into the hole, where the length of the stem that is out of the plate is made equal to 1.5 times the diameter of the rivet.
The stem of the rivet was struck several times using a hammer until the head of the new rivet began to form.
Put the die or head-forming rivets on the head that started to form at the end of the stem of the rivets. Then the head-forming of the rivet Dipukul-pukul with a hammer to obtain a rivet head with a good and neat shape.
In the installation of the head of the tyre, then the hole on the surface of the part that will be connected should be made tyre (counter sunk) to fit the head shape of the nail.
