Essential Qualities of a Rivet

Essential Qualities of a Rivet Points : Essential Qualities of a Rivet Materials of a rivet have to a tensile strength not below 40 N/mm2 with elongation not take away than 26 percent. Material have to be of such quality that while in cold form, the shank shall be bent on itself during 180° with no cracking with after being intense to 650°C and quenched, it have to pass the similar test. Rivet while hot have to flatten with no cracking to a diameter 2.5 times the diameter of shank.