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RIVET HEAD [25 records]

Record 1 2016-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Woodworking
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

A bit or drill for making [a funnel shaped enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, usually for the reception of a screw, bolt, or rivet head].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail du bois
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
DEF

A funnel-shaped enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole usually for the reception of a screw, bolt, or rivet head.

OBS

countersink: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Recess is a more broad term often used by the non-initiated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
DEF

Agrandissement conique, à l'entrée d'un trou, destiné à loger une tête de vis «fraisée».

OBS

fraisure : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Riveting (Metals)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

Forming a conical depression in a metal surface in order to countersink a rivet head.

OBS

dimpling: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
DEF

Procédé qui consiste à enfoncer légèrement la tôle à l'endroit qui doit recevoir le rivet, de façon à avoir des rivets «noyés».

OBS

embrèvement : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

embrèvement embouti : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A rivet with a low rounded top surface and a flat bearing surface.

OBS

spherical head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
CONT

Style de tête : les raisons qu'on a de choisir entre un rivet à tête bombée et les rivets à tête fraisée sont assez apparentes.

OBS

rivet à tête bombée : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
DEF

A rivet with a hemispherical or rounded head.

OBS

snap head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
OBS

rivet à tête ronde : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

Percussive tool for forming rivet heads. The hammer forms the head indirectly but it normally works on the prefabricated head of the rivet. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

riveting hammer: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Outil à percussion utilisé pour former les rivets. Le marteau forme indirectement la tête mais il travaille normalement sur une tête de rivet fabriquée à l'avance. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

marteau riveur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • marteau-rivoir

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Metal Forming
CONT

The riveting procedure for the standard type of rivet involves three operations : drawing, upsetting, and heading... [The] heading die(dished part) of the rivet set forms the head of the rivet when the hammer again strikes the head of the rivet set.

OBS

heading: term standardized by ISO. Aerospace rivets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Formage des métaux
DEF

Opération qui consiste à former la tête seconde d'un rivet à l'aide d'une bouterolle.

CONT

[Tous] les bouterollages ont été automatisés, «sans aucun éclatement ou projection de pièces comme cela aurait pu advenir avec l'ancienne technique»

OBS

formage de la tête : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8 1999-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Hardware
OBS

Buttonhead. A screw, bolt, or rivet with a hemispherical head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Quincaillerie du bâtiment

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

bucking bar: Shaped bar held against shank in manual riveting.

CONT

A bucking bar made of hardened steel with a polished face should be used to form the shop head on the rivet. Fig. 3-23-A shows several forms of bucking bars; the odd shapes are necessary for getting to some of the rivets in modern aircraft that defy use of more conventional shaped bucking bars.

OBS

bucking bar; dolly: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tas d'appui; contre-bouterolle : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

An aircraft rivet in which the head protrudes above the surface of the metal.

OBS

Universal-head, round-head, and flat-head rivets are all forms of protruding head rivets.

OBS

protruding head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête saillante : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

flat head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête plate : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

Glossaire 26.

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

flush rivet : A countersunk rivet in which the manufactured head is flush with the surface of the metal when it is properly driven.

DEF

flush-head rivet : a rivet with a countersunk head.

OBS

flush rivet: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Les rivets aveugles. [...] Facteurs du choix d'un rivet. [...] Style de tête : les raisons qu'on a de choisir entre un rivet à tête bombée et les rivets à tête fraisée sont assez apparentes.

OBS

rivet à tête fraisée : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

rivet à tête noyée; rivet affleurant : termes uniformisés par le CUTA Maintenance.

OBS

projet BLINDE : countersunk head rivet = rivet à tête noyée.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Metal Fasteners
DEF

a rivet containing an explosive charge that is exploded either by touching the head with a heated iron or placing it in a high frequency electromagnetic field.

DEF

explosive rivet: A patented blind rivet manufactured by the DuPont Company. Its hollow end is filled with an explosive and sealed with a plastic cap. When the rivet is heated, it exploded, swelling its end and clamping the metal together.

OBS

chemically expanded rivet: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Clouterie et visserie
CONT

Les rivets à explosion comportent à l'extrémité de la tige opposée à la tête une petite charge explosive; celle-ci, réchauffée par un exploseur approprié, éclate provoquant la déformation de la partie terminale de la tige.

CONT

Le rivet explosif a l'extrémité de sa tige creuse et remplie d'explosif, que l'on fait détoner à la pose, ce qui supprime l'emploi de la bouterolle. Il est très employé, notamment en constructions aéronautiques, dans les endroits inaccessibles.

OBS

rivet explosif : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Riveting (Metals)
CONT

A device known as a pop, or blind riveter will install and set rivets without the use of a tool to support the work.... Each rivet has a pin, or mandrel, which is automatically broken off, removed, and discarded after the rivet has been set. The stem of the rivet is inserted in the tool and placed through the hole. As the tool is squeezed, the mandrel draws the concealed end of the rivet back, expands it to completely fill the hole, then breaks off as soon as the head is formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Rivetage (Métallurgie)
CONT

Une riveteuse pop posera les rivets sans l'aide d'un outil qui supporte l'ouvrage. [...] Chaque rivet porte une pointe, ou aiguille, qui se brise automatiquement et s'enlève quand le rivet est posé. On insère la tige du rivet dans le trou de l'outil. Quand on presse les poignées, la tige tire, vers l'arrière, la partie invisible du rivet, la compresse pour remplir le trou complètement, puis se brise dès que la tête s'est bien formée.

OBS

riveteuse : Machine qui sert à poser les rivets.

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

mushroom head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête goutte de suif : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 16 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

A screw or rivet head with a conical base, allowing it to enter the counter sunk workpiece so that the top surface of the head is substantially flush with the workpiece surface.

OBS

countersunk head: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

OBS

countersunk head: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tête fraisée : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

tête fraisée : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 17 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Aircraft Rivets ... Nearly all sheet metal repair work is done using either the AN 470, (MS 20470), universal-head rivets, or the AN 426, (MS 20426), 100-degree countersunk-head rivets.

OBS

universal head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête ronde aplatie : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 18 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

rivet head : term standardized by ISO. Aerospace Rivets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tête de rivet : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 19 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

protruding-head rivet : An aircraft rivet in which the head protrudes above the surface of the metal; universal-head, round-head, and flat-head rivets.

OBS

protruding head: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tête saillante : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 20 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

pan head: Flat top surface rounded into cylindrical sides, and a flat bearing surface. The recessed pan head has a rounded top surface blending into cylindrical sides and a flat bearing surface.

OBS

pan head rivet : term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet à tête cylindrique : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 21 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
OBS

head marking: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Aircraft Rivets... The material from which the rivets are made is identified by marks on the rivet head. A rivet with no mark on its head is made of 1100 aluminum, is called an A rivet....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

marquage sur tête : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 22 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Removing solid rivets. When rivet must be removed from a piece of aircraft structure, make a small center punch mark in the very center of the manufactured head.... Using a drill one size smaller than the rivet, drill almost through the head of the rivet. Pop the rivet head off with a small chisel.... Support the skin next to the rivet being removed with a bucking bar, and using a pin punch slightly smaller than the rivet, punch the shank out of the hole.

OBS

solid rivet: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

rivet plein : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 23 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joining Elements (Mechanical Components)
CONT

rivets shall be brass or steel material and long enough to ensure a good solid clinch on the worked end. Rivet type shall be oval head, semi tubular, or solid shank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'assemblage (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 24 1977-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging
DEF

Something attached to, fixed in, or projecting from a surface; as a boss, rivet, or nail with a large head used(as on a shield, bridle, bag, or belt) for ornament or for protection.

CONT

Du Pont nylon utility bag with a reinforced base with metal studs.

OBS

The term is commonly used in retail catalogues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages
DEF

Pièce saillante fixée sur le dos et éventuellement sur le fond d'une valise pour l'isoler du sol.

Spanish

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Record 25 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

rivet head showing an incipient fold

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

rivetage

Spanish

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