The Rivet That Wasn’t Setting Properly We built a pneumatic press for riveting: Ø4 mm semi-tubular rivets into aluminum brackets. The press delivered 800 N at 6 bar. On the bench, the rivets set fine. On the line, about 10% of the rivets were loose. The problem: we sized the press for the average riveting …

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