Fastening metal sheets
Our blind rivet pliers are ideal for fastening sheet metal securely and quickly.
Permanent connection. Even with one-sided access.
Riveting technology is used wherever a reliable type of fastening is required, and the substrate or material is only accessible from one side. Riveting is a professional fastening technique in which two workpieces are permanently joined together. Novus offers blind rivet pliers for the home workshop right through to professional use. Features like the 360° rotatable pivoting head make working easier.
Blind rivet pliers are ideal for many applications.
How to install
blind rivets correctly.
We'll show you step by step how best to use blind rivets
for blind rivet pliers.
The right rivets for your material.
To be able to join two workpieces together with a pop rivet gun, you need to know the material’s thickness and composition. Novus supplies aluminium, steel and copper blind rivets in various sizes for different applications.
Material thickness.
This overview shows which blind rivet has the appropriate material thickness for riveting (depending on rivet diameter and length). This dimension is generally referred to as the clamping length (K).
| Blind rivet length | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 mm | 8 mm | 10 mm | 12 mm | ||
| Ø in mm | A2,4 | 1,5 - 3,5 | |||
| A3 | 2,5 - 3,5 | 4,0 - 5,5 | 5,0 - 7,5 | ||
| A4 | 1,5 - 3,0 | 3,5 - 5,0 | 5,0 - 6,5 | 6,5 - 8,5 | |
| A5 | 2,5 - 4,5 | 4,5 - 6,0 | 6,0 - 8,0 | ||
| Blind rivet length | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 mm | 12 mm | ||
| Ø in mm | S3 | 5,0 - 6,5 | 6,5 - 8,5 |
| S4 | 4,5 - 6,5 | 6,5 - 8,5 | |
| Blind rivet length | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 mm | 10 mm | 12 mm | ||
| Ø in mm | C4 | 0,5 - 3,5 | 4,5 - 6,0 | 6,0 - 8,5 |
Tips
- Washers should be used when riveting soft materials such as leather or plastic.
- To avoid contact corrosion, the workpiece and rivet should be made of the same material for metal joints.
- The diameter of the hole should always be 0.1 mm larger than the diameter of the blind rivet.