AIRFRAME CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

PREPAIRED BY:
Dale Adrian S. Lutchiang
Randrrick Pineda

Riveting

Two Major types of Riveting

Solid shank rivets
Special rivets

Solid Shank Rivets

Solid Shank Rivets: which must be driven using an air driven rivet gun and
bucking bar. These are used widely during assembly and repair work.
They are identified by the material of which they are made, the head
type, size of shank, and temper condition.
The material used for the majority of solid shank rivets is aluminum
alloy. The strength and temper conditions of aluminum alloy rivets are
identified by digits and letters:
1100 material is designated as an A rivet, and has no head
marking.
2017-T alloy rivet is designated as a D rivet and has a raised teat on
the head.
Two dashes on a rivet head indicate a 2024-T alloy
designated as a DD rivet. The 2117-T rivet is designated as an AD
rivet, and has a dimple on the head.
5056 material and is marked with a raised cross on the rivet head and
indicated as B designation.
Each type of rivet is identified by a part number to allow the user to
select the correct rivet. The numbers are in series and each series
represents a particular type of head.

SPECIAL RIVETS
Solid rivets, the most widely used
fastener in aircraft construction. Some
example of these are the following:
Blind Rivets
Friction-Lock Rivets
Mechanical-Lock Rivets
CherryMax Rivets (Huck Rivets)
High-Strength Pin Rivets
Hi-Shear Rivets

BLIND RIVETS

Often it is necessary to install rivets

where there is access to only one
side of the material, as opposed to
solid rivets that meet this need.
NOTE: When using a blind rivet in a repair, it
must be the rivet specified in the maintenance
manual for the specific repair. The common
pull-type Pop rivets such as those found in
most hardware stores are not approved for use
on certificated aircraft.

FRICTION-LOCK RIVETS

Made by the Townsend Division of Textron,

approved for aircraft structure.
May be used to replace a solid rivet
instances, but normally must have a
diameter one size larger than the rivet it
replaces.

FRICTION-LOCK RIVETS

FRICTION-LOCK RIVETS

To install in a friction-lock rivet

Insert it in the prepared hole, then grip and pull the serrated
stem with a special tool.
This pulls the tapered plug up into the hollow shank and
swells it to form the upset the head inside the structure.
Continued pulling snaps the stem off and leaves the plug
inside the shank.
Cut off the broken-off stem and file it flush with the rivet
head.

Note: plug is held in the shank only with friction, it is possible that

the vibration can shake it out and weaken the joint.

To remove friction-lock rivets, punch the stem out of the

rivet. Using a drill the diameter of the rivet shank, drill the
head and tap the shank out of the skin with a properly fitting
pin punch.

MECHANICAL-LOCK RIVETS

Normally approved to replace solid rivets on a

size-for-size basis because the steam is locked
into the hollow and it cannot vibrate out.
As strong or stronger than a solid rivet of the
same diameter.
Available with both universal heads and 100
degree countersunk heads.
Standard and oversize diameters.
Lengths measured in increments of 1/6 inch.
Installed in the same way as the friction-lock
rivet.

MECHANICAL-LOCK RIVETS

MECHANICAL-LOCK RIVETS

CHERRYMAX RIVETS, OLYMPICLOCK RIVETS, HUCK RIVETS

Mechanical-locking blind rivets that are

approved for use in aircraft structure.
All function on the same principle as that
described for the Bulbed Cherrylock rivet.

To remove the mechanical-locked rivets:

File the head to weaken the locking ring.
Tap the stem out with a properly fitting pinch.
Drill through the head of the rivet and tap the

shank out of the hole with a pin punch.

HIGH-STRENGTH PIN
RIVETS

Pin rivets are a group of fastener that

have the strength of a boiled joint but are
lighter weight and easier to install than a
bolt, and are installed in locations where
they are nit likely to need to be removed.

HI-SHEAR RIVETS

Has a heat-treated alloy steel pin equivalent or

superior in strength to the AN bolt that it is
approved to replace.
They are removed by splitting the collar with a
small, sharp chisel and tapping the pin from the
hole.

To install a Hi-Shear Rivet:

Tap pin into a hole that has been drilled and reamed to an

interference fit.
The grip length of the pin must be such that no more than
1/16 inch protrudes from the material.
A collar is placed over the end of the pin and special rivet set
in a rivet gun swages the collar down into the groove of the
pin.

HIGH-STRENGTH PIN
RIVETS

Types of Rivet Heads

Installation

Manual with hammer and handset or

bucking bar.
Pneumatic Hammers
Handheld Squeezers
Riveting machines
Pin Hammer, Rivet Set