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One of the oldest forms of fasteners for the metal still in use today is actually the rivet. The humble riveting thickness has seen service through 2 World wars in the construction of boats and airplanes, yet still to this day there is no modern day replacement.
Originally rivets which were used in the building of ships and other large iron structures such as bridges, were put together using hot rivets. This is whereby the riveting thickness was heated until it absolutely was red hot, as well as then placed in the hole to join two pieces of iron or steel together. It absolutely was then held in place by one man with a pair of metal tongues, whilst the other hit the other end of this riveting thickness to "Blind" it over the hole. Then as it cooled down the rivet would contract, pulling the two pieces of metal it was joining even tighter together.
Nowadays the majority of riveting thickness in use are "Cold" rivets that are relatively small in size, as ships currently have the steel hulls welded together for more strength as well as quicker construction. And bridges are now bolted together with fasteners and not riveted.
The modern riveting thickness can easily now easily be used by the home DIY person, indeed you can purchase a pop riveting kit from just about any DIY store. The pop rivets are simply placed through the hole which you need them to go through, and the gun is actually then attached, and using only a moderate pressure the rivet tightens itself, and the riveting gun crops off the excess part of the rivet.
These kinds of rivets are still used very extensively in the aircraft industry for both home built aircraft kits as well as Being 747's! The principle is the same for both, as the problem is the same for both e.g. how else do you fasten two pieces of curved aluminum together? You cannot weld aluminum well enough to make a suitably strong joint, and hence we rely on riveting thickness as a fastener to hold the components together.
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