One Sided Rivets For Auto Body Sheet Metal

Tinners solid rivets are a specialty rivet with a flat head.

One sided rivets for auto body sheet metal.

The blind rivet style is popular because it is strong secure and access is only needed on one side of the materials that are being worked with. These rivets require access to only one side of the material and can be used in through holes or closed end holes. The pt rivet is a steel countersunk blind fastener designed to set surface flush on both sides of an application blind side protrusion lt. The flat head lies flush against the workpiece.

Steel is strong and durable but less corrosion resistant than stainless. Jhp fasteners is a leading supplier of industrial fasteners and can offer you a selection of self clinching blind press nuts in a wide range of thread sizes inch and metric. Flat head types have flat surfaces that taper toward the screw body to allow for countersinking. Pt rivets are widely used in the electronics industry where space is at a premium but also lend themselves to many low clearance industrial applications like car sunroofs automotive speakers home cabinet drawers and refrigerator drawers among many others uses.

Hollow rivets also known as tubular and semi tubular rivets these are often used in soft material such as leather fabric and plastic. They are driven with a ball pein hammer and are used in sheet metal. The challenge of fastening where only one side is accessible. Most fasteners designed to provide permanent load bearing threads in thin materials require both sides of a workpiece to be accessible during installation and final component assembly.