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How a Blind Rivet Setting Tool Functions

2011-02-23

To maintain the proper setting of blind rivets, the blind rivet setting tool must be in good working order. A power setting tool, whether manual pneumatic, pneumatic hydraulic or electric, should set a blind rivet at its maximum grip range, in one stroke. If your setting tool does not set the blind rivet in one stroke, then your setting tool is not functioning correctly. All blind rivet setting tools use pulling jaws to pull the mandrel to set a blind rivet. Some setting tools use two-piece jaws, and others use three-piece jaws, but in either case the theory is the same. The jaws are housed in a jaw case along with a jaw pusher and compression spring.