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Module 6. Materials & hardware

Avdel rivets are closed by

  • a tapered mandrel.
  • broaching.
  • squeezing.

Georgio asking:

How can it be broaching instead of squeezing

Community Comments (1)

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Lisa_T Posts: 1 07.05.2026 / 20:18
Yeah this one's a bit confusing because squeezing sounds right for a rivet. The thing with Avdel rivets is they're a blind type - when you pull the mandrel through, it actually broaches the bore of the rivet shank to expand it, rather than squashing the whole rivet between dies like a solid rivet. So broaching is the proper term here because the mandrel is cutting and forming the inside of the shank as it's drawn through. Squeezing would only fit a solid rivet you can get to both sides of.

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