Avibulb® High Strength Steel Rivets

Avibulb BN01

Avdel Avibulb^® bulbing rivets offer a high-strength fastening solution ideal for thin sheet metals. The Avibulb’ rivets steel breakstem provides excellent bulbing tail formation and high shear and tensile strength. The Avdel Avibulb also has the advantage of good hole fill compensating for irregular, oversized or misaligned holes.

Key features and benefits

• Provides a large blind side bearing area against the rear sheet
• Retained stem
• One fastener can be used to replace several standard grip fasteners
• Accommodates wide variations in material thickness
• Reduced fastener inventory and simpler stock control
• Spreads the tail bearing load/clamp on the rear sheetCompensates for irregular, oversized, slotted or misaligned holes
• Can stop sheet movement in non-standard holes
• Provides strong, vibration resistant joints
• No damage, electrical problems or rattling due to loose stems
• Compensates for irregular, oversized, slotted or misaligned holes
• Can stop movement in non-standard holes
• Provides strong, vibration resistant joints

Avibulb XT BN01

The new Avdel Avibulb® XT is a high strength breakstem fastener with excellent bulbing tail formation, which makes it ideal for the use in thin sheet materials. Avibulb® XT structural fasteners feature a wide grip range, especially suited for applications with varying sheet thicknesses. They also have the advantage of good hole fill compensating for irregular, oversized or misaligned holes.

Key features and benefits

• High shear and tensile strength
• High residual clamp load
• Resists vibration and joint slippage
• Good blind side footprint and bulb formation
• Spreads the tail bearing load/clamp on the rear sheet
• Suitable also in softer materials (test report available)
• Reliable stem retention
• Under head recess accommodates burrs around holes and spreads the load evenly on the top sheet