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RIVET SHANK [5 records]

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Record 1 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 2 1996-02-05

English

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

Using a rivet set.... Also in the face [of the rivet set], at the bottom, is a deep hole. The hole is placed over the rivet shank and the rivet set struck with a hammer. This serves to flatten the metal around the rivet and draw the work together.

OBS

shank: ... that portion of a headed fastener which lies between the head and the extreme point.

OBS

rivet shank : term standardized by ISO.

OBS

rivet shank : Term officialized by the ATSC-Helicopters.

French

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

tige de rivet : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

tige de rivet : terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-02-05

English

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

rivet shank length : term standardized by ISO.

French

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

longueur de la tige de rivet : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 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 5 1987-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
DEF

A patented, hollow, blind rivet, manufactured by the B. F. Goodrich Company, in which the inside of the shank is threaded. The upset rivet may be used as a blind nut.

OBS

Term officialized by the ATSC - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

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