Blind rivets

At HONSEL you get everything from a single source: from an extensive standard range of blind rivets to customized solutions.

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Blind rivets

Standard blind rivet ALFO®

The description ALFO® specifies several product lines of open type standard blind rivets, available with dome head, countersunk head or large dome head.

Standard blind rivet

Grooved blind rivet ALFO®

The ALFO® design with grooved rivet sleeve is perfectly suitable for the blind holes. In this case the grooves claw into the surrounding material of the bore hole.

Grooved blind rivet

Multigrip blind rivets OPTO®

The OPTO® multigrip blind rivet with his especially embossed rivet shaft, is distinctly different to a standard blind rivet.

Multigrip blind rivet

Painted blind rivets

Painted ALFO-standard blind rivets and OPTO-multigrip blind rivets. Our standards in white (RAL 9010) and black (RAL 9005). Individual colours matched colours matched exactly to the specific application available upon request.

Painted blind rivets

Blind rivet, high strength multigrip OPTO-BULB

High strength multigrip blind rivets OPTO®-BULB

Large grip ranges and higher shear and tensile forces - OPTO®-Bulb is the universal rivet for difficult jobs.

High strength multigrip blind rivet

Sealed blind rivets (often often referred to as closed end rivets)

Sealed blind rivets CERTO®

Due to its closed rivet body the CERTO® sealed blind rivets are experts for liquid tight processing. The rivets characteristic guarentees a captive remaining mandrel and a smooth, burr-free closing head.

Sealed blind rivet

Special sealed blind rivets CERTO®-PERFECT

The strong CERTO®-PERFECT special sealed blind rivet forms a large and smooth closing head by its special clamped rivet sleeve.

Special sealed blind rivet

Super-sealed blind rivets CERTO® HTS 100

Sealed blind rivet

Structural blind rivets FERO®-BULB

The FERO®-BULB series are used in large quantities in various industrial appliances for a long time. Particularly in the field of vehicle and tank construction, this type of rivet is an excellent choice.

Structural blind rivet FERO®-BULB

Structural blind rivets FERO®-BOLT

FERO®-BOLT high-strength blind rivets are first-class fasteners for industrial applications, especially in those with the attension to the safety factor.

Structural blind rivet FERO®-BOLT

Structural blind rivets FERO®-LOCK

With the large clamping ranges of a multigrip blind rivet and secure mechanical locking of the load-bearing breakstem for high shear fracture forces, HONSEL FERO® LOCK blind rivets can be used wherever high strength in combination with splash water-tightness and absolute vibration resistance are demanded.

FERO®-LOCK structural blind rivet

Folding blind rivet

According to the ARCO® body-bound rivet the folding rivet forms a large upset head too. This guarantees an equal distribution of forces, so that especially plastics and other soft or vulnerable materials resist against cracking or pullthrough.

Folding blind rivet

Body bound blind rivets ARCO®

During the setting process, edges on the mandrel head cut the rivet shaft into four segments. These four segments then unfold on the component surface thus forming the large locking head.

Body bound blind rivet

Hammerdrive blind rivets

Hammer stroke or drive rivets are set by driving the mandrel into the rivet body (e.g. by means of a hammer). This causes the lower end of the rivet body to expand.

Hammerdrive blind rivet

Grounding rivets. Blind rivets with earth tags.

Grounding blind rivets

Grounding blind rivets offer a simple and reliable way of grounding a product. This is achieved by pressing the respective toothing on the conductor in the material.

Grounding blind rivet

Floor rivets

The joining of wooden or plastic floorboards to a metal substructure takes place in all areas of commercial vehicle production, from trailer building through to the production of omnibuses.

Floor rivets

Customized blind rivets

Besides our extensive standard catalogue range, we create individual custom made products.

Customized blind rivets

How does a blind rivet work?

The two-piece blind rivet consists of a rivet body mounted on a mandrel.

The rivet is set from one side of the parts to be joined. After inserting the rivet into the part, the mandrel is pulled back by the tool, deforming the rivet sleeve and forming the
closing head.

The mandrel shears at a specially predetermined breaking point.

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Processing blind rivets

Special tools are needed for processing blind rivets. These tools have to be chosen on the basis of the rivet type, the field of application and the processing volume.