Rivet nut - Wikipedia

A rivet nut, also known as a blind rivet nut, or rivnut, is a one-piece internally threaded and counterbored tubular rivet that can be anchored entirely ... Rivetnut FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Kindofthreadedinsert Typicalrivetnut Sectionalview. Sectionalview,withboltinserted. Arivetnut,alsoknownasablindrivetnut,orrivnut,[1]isaone-pieceinternallythreadedandcounterboredtubularrivetthatcanbeanchoredentirelyfromoneside.Itisakindofthreadedinsert.Therearetwotypes:oneisdesignedtoformabulgeonthebacksideofthepanelasascrewistightenedinitsthreads.Theotherissimilarlydrawninusingascrew,butisdrawnintothesleeveinsteadofcreatingabulge.[2][3] Contents 1History 2Usage 3Seealso 4References 4.1Notes 4.2Bibliography History[edit] ThefirstrivetnutwascreatedbyBFGoodrichinthe1930s,andsoldunderthetrademarkRIVNUT®.Itwasfirstusedtomountrubberde-icingbootstoaircraftwings.[4] Usage[edit] Inthefieldofaviation,rivetnutsareoftenusedtoattachvariousitems,suchasstaticdischargersandinspectionaccesscovers,tothesurfaceofanaircraft.[citationneeded]Rivetnutsareanidealreplacementforweldnutsbecausetheywillnotdistortbasematerials,eliminateweldsplatter,toxicfumes,andotherby-productsoftheweldingprocess,andcanbeinstalledinmanydifferentkindsofmaterialincludingsteel,plastic,composites,andfiberglass.[5] Seealso[edit] Swagenut Frictiondrilling References[edit] Notes[edit] ^Smith,p. 112. ^McMaster-Carr,p.3213. ^McMaster-Carr,p.3215. ^Smith,pp. 111–112. ^"BlindRivetNuts".Sherex.Retrieved2July2018. Bibliography[edit] RIVNUT®TheOriginalBlindRivetNut(PDF),BöllhoffInc.,2010,retrieved2018-09-25 McMaster-Carrcatalog(114th ed.),McMaster-Carr. Smith,Carroll(1990),CarrollSmith'sNuts,Bolts,Fasteners,andPlumbingHandbook,MotorBooks/MBIPublishingCompany,ISBN 0-87938-406-9. vteNuts(hardware) acornnut axialbarrelnut barrelnut cagenut crossdowel captivenut castellatednut clip-onnut couplingnut distortedthreadlocknut flangenut frangiblenut insertnut interferingthreadnut internalwrenchingnut jamnut jetnut Kepsnut knurlednut locknut lugnut Nylocnut platenut rivetnut serratedfacenut speednut splitbeamnut splitnut squarenut swagenut T-nut T-slotnut weldnut wellnut wingnut Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rivet_nut&oldid=1058811656" Categories:Nuts(hardware)Hiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataAllarticleswithunsourcedstatementsArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromJune2009 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages DeutschNederlandsNorskbokmålPolskiРусский中文 Editlinks