The right blind rivet for your material.
To be able to rivet two workpieces together, you need to know the material’s thickness and composition. Novus supplies aluminium, steel and copper blind rivets in various sizes for different applications.
Aluminium rivets
For working with non-ferrous metals, plastics, lightweight materials, leather and fabrics.
Steel rivets
For riveting steel sheets
Copper rivets
For working with copper sheets
How to install
blind rivets correctly.
We'll show you step by step how best to use blind rivets
for blind rivet pliers.
1 Measure
Measure the material thickness and select the appropriate blind rivet from the tables below.
2 Drill hole
Drill a hole (0.1 mm larger in diameter than the blind rivet) into the parts to be joined.
3 Loosen handle catch
Open the handle catch and insert the blind rivet mandrel into the mount.
4 Set the blind rivet shaft
Push the blind rivet shaft through the drill hole.
5 Break off the rivet mandrel
Press handles together. Repeat the process until the mandrel breaks off.
6 Done
The blind rivet is now in place.
Advantages of riveted joints
- In comparison to screws, the advantage of blind rivets is that no thread is made in any of the components.
- The connection is permanent and can only be broken by destroying it.
- It only requires access to one (usually the outer) side of the component.
- Setting a rivet is quick, easy and straightforward.
- The quality of a form-fit blind rivet connection can be determined visually (without the need to measure) from the form of the closing head.
Blind rivets are ideal for many applications.
Fastening metal sheets
Our blind rivets are ideal for fastening sheet metal securely and quickly.
Fitting a mudguard
DIY-ers can use blind rivets for everyday jobs such as fitting mudguards.
Riveting a handbag
It is particularly worthwhile using blind rivets for straightforward jobs. Fitting new rivets on a handbag, for instance.
Material thickness.
This overview shows which blind rivet has the appropriate material thickness for riveting (depending on rivet diameter and length). This dimension is generally referred to as the clamping length (K).
Tips
- Washers should be used when riveting soft materials such as leather or plastic.
- To avoid contact corrosion, the workpiece and rivet should be made of the same material for metal joints.
- The diameter of the hole should always be 0.1 mm larger than the diameter of the blind rivet.
Riveting pliers compared
Which riveting tool is best for which application, and what features do our various riveting pliers offer? See all Novus riveting pliers compared:
