Defense Titanium Blind Rivet Large

Defense: Defense contractors and sub-contractors use a wide variety of rivets to fabricate items, assemblies, and sub-assemblies intended for our armed forces. Rapid Rivet is Your Rivet Specialist. We are a Master Stocking Distributor of rivets, rivet nuts, threaded inserts, and tooling. We have a large and varied inventory to meet your needs. No automated telephone answering system here at Rapid Rivet. Speak directly to a knowledgeable salesperson who will assist you in selecting the rivet you require. We pride ourselves in our ability to give you a fast and competitive quotation. Many items are in stock, and next day delivery is available when requested. Most items are available with manufacturer’s certifications and test reports. We also can offer bar coding, unit packaging, and will set parts and shipments up for long-term release dates.

Titanium:  Titanium is a high strength, low weight, material that is normally used in aerospace applications.  It also has increasing application in the medical, and marine engineering fields, and industrial uses such as heat exchangers, turbines, and pumps.  It is biocompatible, meaning it can co-exist in the body without rejection, or be degraded by body fluids.  It has the best strength-to-weight ratio of any alloy or element.  It has much better heat resistance than aluminum, or even steel.  It is an extremely expensive material, which limits its use to critical applications.  It has excellent corrosion resistance.  It is not magnetic.  It is not normally plated.  For fastener purposes, titanium is combined with columbium to create an alloy.  

Blind:  (As in break-mandrel Blind Rivets, or “pop” rivets)  A blind rivet is a two-piece fastener consisting of a rivet body (sometimes called a “sleeve”) and the setting device called a mandrel. (or, stem or nail)  A blind rivet is used where access to a joint is limited to one side.  (You cannot “see” the other side of the joint, therefore it is “blind”)  A blind rivet is set by pulling the mandrel head into the rivet body, expanding the rivet body and causing it to flare against the reverse side.  As the head of the mandrel reaches the face of the blind side of the material, and at a pre-determined force, the mandrel will snap at the break point of the mandrel.  The rivet body forms a tight joint, the head of the mandrel remains encapsulated in the blind side, and the mandrel stem is ejected.

Blind Rivet:  Blind rivets can be set by relatively inexpensive tooling, which reduces costs. Structural blind rivets are also available for the aircraft industry and commercial uses. Structural blind rivets are employed where a solid rivet would normally by used, but where access to a joint is limited to one side.

Large:  Large Flange Head.  In blind rivets, this style refers to a wide diameter protruding head, which is used when a large bearing surface is required.  Somewhat the same as a brazier head style in a solid rivet.