“Orlock Rivet” Before and After Pics
Why Blue Pneumatic will make a difference: The story continues . . .
Recently, we set out to solve a rivet problem, that until 6 months ago, could not be solved. We were faced with
a reputable, internationally know, Bus manufacturer who had major leaking in the “drip rail” of the bus. Let me show you how we approached and solved the rivet problem. By the way, the problem started because the customer was using inferior, multi-grip ( Avex sylyle rivets) in this application. A good rivet but incorrectly applied.
Transit Bus on assembly line.
Rain gutter riveted to frame of the Bus.
Mock up of “rain gutter” aka “drip rail” removed from Bus.
Before
Leaky inconsistant multi-grip rivets.
(Caused $14,000 in warranty
repairs)
After
Consistent “Orlock” rivets with backside
flange and positive pin retention sealed
out the water.
Positively retained pin can be visually inspected from outside the workpiece!
In short, this excerpt in an engineering summary. I invite you to share your stories relating engineering challenges that you may be facing, or are facing now!
Tags: multi, multi-grip rivet, orlock, Orlock Rivet, Pop rivet, rivet tool, U-Fix, ufix rivet
October 21st, 2009 at 3:40 am
i am associating with ornit in india, these input will be very much useful to suppliment some of
Bus body builders who could take this as useful tip for application of this special rivet
besides in india the rivet can be one of generic term they use for any type so any special application
of these will be welcoming one. it reminds me almost 10 years back i did i riveting work for rain gutter with a closed end rivet. and the orbolt for integral bus in india.
March 20th, 2012 at 3:30 am
Some times its a pain in the ass to read what people wrote but this web site is real user genial!