How To Riveting Plastic Sheet To Plastic Sheet

Using a rivet gun involves drilling a hole through the two materials to be joined at the point you want to join them and inserting a rivet that has two parts.

How to riveting plastic sheet to plastic sheet.

Introduction punch riveting 1 2 and impulsive riveting 3 4 are two riveting methods previously proposed by the authors of this paper. Pop rivets with fender washers outside view. Pop rivets and fender washers. Keywords joining punch riveting plastic sheet joint strength strain rate dependence i.

These little fittings are fantastic for using as a semi permanent hold on your structu. The pin and the rivet. Citeseerx document details isaac councill lee giles pradeep teregowda. Pop rivets are ideal for joining aluminium or even thin sheet plastic such as perspex.

In both methods a rivet and rivet holder are used to join sheets. The size of the hole you drill into your materials determines the appropriate rivet size. Abstract in this study we used punch riveting tojoin plastic sheets made from polyvinyl chloride. The rivets are backed up on both sides by 3 16 id 3 4 od fender washers.

For example a 5 32 inch 0 40 cm hole is created with a number 21 drill bit and you ll need a 5 32 inch 0 40 cm rivet with the proper nozzle attachment. In punch riveting punching and. For those interested in the technical details i am using 3 16 inch pop rivets.