How To Install Rivet Nut And Points For Using Professional Riveting Tools

A rivet nut is a new type of fastener specially used in thin plates, which is professional to provide internal thread nuts. This rivet nut has some advantages that other nuts cannot replace, such as firm riveting, high efficiency, and ease to use. Although rivet nut is more practical, how to install it is also exquisite. If the operation is not correct, the riveting will not be strong. Some rivet nuts look pressed in from the surface, but in fact, the teeth of the riveting nuts are not riveted with the plate, it is sure that the riveting is not strong, so it needs professional riveting tools to operate.

Today we will share with you the relatively simple installation method of the rivet nut.

How to install rivet nuts?

1. When installing, place the riveting stud or nut on the rivet gun.
2. Clamp the riveting stud or nut tightly into the drilled hole.
3. Rotate the main shaft of the rivet gun to make the workpiece riveted firmly.
4. Remove the rivet gun.
5. Install components.

Points for attention when using professional riveting tools:

1. First check whether the nozzle screw is assembled correctly, select the corresponding gun head and pull riveting bolts according to the scale of the riveting nut, and check whether the connecting parts are firmly connected.
2. Pay attention to the deformation length or displacement of the riveted nut, and then adjust the angle of the operating rod correctly.
3. The scale ring of the rivet nut gun is used to adjust the riveting stroke, which can be adjusted at will during operation.
4. Open both hands, pull out all the bakelite, put the corresponding riveting nut on the end of the riveting bolt and hold it firmly, and then push the bakelite to screw the gun head bolt. Insert the rivet nut into the pre-drilled hole of the rivet parts, and press the two hands hard, then the rivet nut will swell, so as to rivet the workpiece tightly. Finally, pull out the bakelite ball and the rivet nut will automatically withdraw from the threaded hole.
5. In the process of using manual riveting nut gun, if the cap is found to be loose, it should be tightened in time.

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