Driving Protruding Head Rivets
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Driving Protruding Head Rivets

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Updated Jul 04, 2025

What you'll learn

  • Install a cup die into a rivet gun
  • Use a rivet gun and bucking bar to install protruding head rivets
  • Visually inspect the manufactured heads of rivets
  • Inspect the manufactured heads of driven rivets using a gap inspection shim
  • Inspect the driven heads of rivets using a spoon gauge
  • Inspect the driven heads of rivets using an H-gauge
Course Description

This course is a simulated student project that teaches how to install and inspect protruding head rivets in an aircraft assembly or structure.