GOEBEL Blind Rivets
Blind rivets offer a number of advantages over threaded bolts. They won’t loosen when subjected to vibration and can secure joints with short clamp length.
They are the fastest way to join materials. They can be set at 150pcs to 500pcs per hour, and each setting is identical; this cuts assembly time and costs.
Unlike threaded fasteners, there are no concerns over tool clearance, rotation failures, and secondary parts such as bolts and tapping plates, all of which add assembly time, weight, and cost.
Blind rivets are now used to assemble everything from small electronic components in cell phones to steel beams in the world’s largest bridges. They join different materials of varying thickness and can handle the most demanding environments. High-tech quality control delivers foolproof installation that lets only the correct rivets be installed the proper way in the accurate sized holes.
Additional benefits:
- Improved Product Design: As the rivets are installed from one side only, the need for access to both sides of work is eliminated. No more required space for tooling clearance, holding tools, and other “back side” fixture.
- Improved Design Strength: The use of only a single, drilled or punched hole, filled effectively by an expandable, high shear strength rivet, offers a great increase in part design strength over screw/bolt with nut designs. Quicker Assembly: Blind riveting is faster than any other joining method. Automatic feeding can deliver and set as many as 50 rivets per minute. Automatic, multiple set systems are used in some areas to set as many as 20 rivets at a time.
- Low-Cost, Lightweight, Easily Portable Tools – Manual or power tools are easy to take to the work place, reduce operator fatigue, and minimize capital expenditure.
- Strong, Reliable Fastenings, Independent of Operator Skills – Blind rivets don’t torque out like threaded fasteners, wasting time and material. Correct setting pressure is predetermined by the breaking point designed into the mandrel. So you get uniformly strong, reliable fastenings the first time – all the time.
- Vibration-Proof Assembly – Blind rivets won’t back out or vibrate loose and fall out like threaded fasteners. You eliminate costly recalls due to faulty fastenings.
- No Surface Marring – Setting tool won’t slip and mar polished or finely finished surfaces. No dents, dimpling, or wrench marks.
- Versatility – Blind rivets hold securely in thin or thick, soft or hard materials, ideal for dissimilar materials, first choice for plastics and other easily damaged components.
- High Grip Range and Joining Strengths – A blind rivet draws parts together, even when a gap exists between parts.
- Tamper-Proof – Ideal for public transportation and other public facilities where tampering and vandalism are problems. Excellent for fastening limited-access panels; authorized personnel with correct equipment easily drill out blind rivets and replace in seconds.
Blind Rivet Terms
GOEBEL BLIND RIVETS
To join two pieces of material, the body of the rivet is inserted into a pre-drilled hole, then a nail rivet tool is used to pull the top of the mandrel to expand the body, clamping the two materials together. The force of the rivet tool then pops off the mandrel, leaving behind the domed head blind rivet.
Standard blind rivets can be placed on components that are accessible on one side or on two sides.
Applications: Containers/tanks, hollow body, tubes, profiles, air ducts and many others.
Characteristics: Economical • versatile • strong • secure
Rivet Body
Aluminium – Lightweight with good corrosion resistance.
Steel – Stronger than Aluminium with a “flash” coating of Zinc. Low corrosion resistance.
Stainless Steel A2 – Good Strength and excellent corrosion resistance.
Stainless Steel A4 – Good Strength and increased corrosion resistance
Copper – Relatively soft. Excellent corrosion resistance and conductivity.
Monel – The strongest blind rivet material with excellent corrosion resistance and conductivity. Also excellent high temperature suitability.
Material USAGE GUIDE.
Galvanic Corrosion • When dissimilar metals come into contact in the presence of an electrolyte, a galvanic action occurs which corrodes one metal at a faster rate and the other more slowly. This phenomenon can cause major riveted joint failures and care must be taken to avoid the occurrence. The following table is a guide.
| METAL JOINED | |||||
| RIVET MATERIAL↓ | Aluminium | Coated Steel | Stainless Steel | Copper | Brass |
| Aluminium | YES | CARE | NO | NO | NO |
| Coated Steel | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO |
| Stainless Steel | CARE | CARE | YES | YES | YES |
| Copper | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| Monel | NO | NO | YES | YES | YES |
| YES | Compatible | ||||
| NO | Incompatible – Avoid contact with each other | ||||
| CARE | Use with care. Painting metals will help | ||||
Hence,
1) Select materials that are as close together as possible in the Galvanic
Series Chart
2) Provide a barrier between the two metals, such as paint, non-metallic
washer or gaskets
3) Design the fastener as the cathode so the cathodic area is small as
compared to the anodic area
4) Use a metallic finish on the fastener that is close on the chart to the
mating material
Types of Blind Rivets.
STANDARD
Open End General purpose rivet available in a wide range of materials and head styles. Suitable for applications with normal load bearing requirements. By far the most commonly used style of blind rivet due to the ease of use and low initial cost.
Head Styles.
CLOSED End “CUP”
Also known as Sealed Blind Rivet.
Designed with a completely closed body, this rivet is ideal for applications that need to be
water/pressure tight or where mandrel retention is paramount.
Used for providing a leak-proof joint.
MULTI-GRIP Blind Rivets
Go to the Standard Blind Rivets page
STRUCTURAL BLIND RIVETS
Semi-Structural High Strength Blind Rivets GO-BULB
GO-LOCK
Structural Blind Rivets
GO-LOCK
GO-BULB/GO-INOX
Go to the Structural Rivets page
SPECIALITY BLIND RIVETS
- GO PEEL Blind Rivets
- Peeled rivets are extremely versatile and necessary for joining softer materials without fracturing or distortions. These are particularly suitable for uneven surfaces or where oversized holes remain after repairs.
RILLI GROOVED BLIND RIVETS
Tre-Go Blind Rivets
For a watertight joint. Especially suitable for roofing sheets.
Triple-Claw Blind Rivets – TRI-CLAW
The problem solution for soft materials
MASS Ground Connector Blind Rivets
A specialty rivet to provide a grounded connection
HAMMER DRIVE Blind Rivets