Why Do Small Aircraft Carrier Rivets Cost So Much?

A rivet is a kind of fastener composed of a head and nail rod, mainly used to connect two parts (or components) with a cap at one end of the nail object. With the needs of social needs, the use of rivets is also very wide, Xinchi fastener company today to introduce the aircraft carrier rivets why expensive.

We all know that one of the daily tasks of an aircraft carrier is to meet the takeoff and landing requirements of carrier-based aircraft. When the carrier aircraft takes off, the engine temperature will rise rapidly, and the deck as a fighter takeoff and landing needs to be specially designed and processed, which requires that the carrier deck must have the function of high-temperature resistance and impact resistance. To protect the deck from high-temperature damage, a heat-resistant veneer must be installed on the flight deck surface. The material of the panel is special, which can not be welded by the existing technology, and finally can only choose rivet riveting and fixing.

Rivets that can withstand high temperatures are made of special materials, all made of titanium alloy, titanium alloy with its unique high strength, high-temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, lightweight and other properties, it becomes the only choice. These aircraft carrier deck rivets are naturally expensive because of the use of special materials, special processes, and small-batch manufacturing.

Of course, these rivets to fix the spread of the steel plate is not easy thing, the pressure of each area, bearing, and degree of bite will slowly change because of the take-off and landing operation, in order to create the strength and toughness of the rivets to meet the requirements also need a high level of technology.

It can be seen that the technical requirements are high, the material is relatively special and the cost is high, of course, the rivets made will not be cheap where, moreover, the cost of an aircraft carrier is at least tens of billions of dollars, such as the total cost of the US Stennis aircraft carrier reached 33 billion dollars, it can be imagined that the parts on the aircraft carrier will not be cheap.

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