Thin sheets of metal, plastic, or other materials can be clamped together from one side, by means of blind rivets, better known as pop rivets.
A tubular rivet is inserted in a hole which is drilled onto two sheets.
It is then clinched by withdrawing a nail found inside the rivet. These fasteners are installed with a manual, pneumatic or electric rivet gun, to connect metal and other pieces together.
The pop rivets with a 4.5 mm head diameter are the ones which are mostly used in industry in Malta and Gozo. However there are occasions when blind rivets, with a larger head diameter, are required.
This is why Multitrade also holds in stock pop rivets, with an aluminium 6.4 mm head, of different lengths.
Thin sheets of metal, plastic, or other materials can be clamped together from one side, by means of blind rivets, better known as pop rivets. A tubular rivet is inserted in a hole which is drilled onto two sheets. It is then clinched by withdrawing a nail found inside the rivet. These fasteners are installed…
