Pop rivet tool gets higher power to weight ratio

Pop Avdel has introduced a blind rivet nut installation tool for production lines.

Fast cycling (<1.5s per setting) and high force-to-weight ratio (11.1kN/kg) are claimed for the air-powered tool, called ProSert XTN20.

Blind rivet nuts from M3 to M10 (see XTN20 manual for restrictions) can be placed with the 1.59kg (M6 nose piece) XTN20 using air between 5 and 7bar. Pull force at 5bar is 17.65kN.

Piston stroke is 3-7mm while sound level is <75dB(A).

Other features are: quick-change mandrel, tool-free stroke adjustment, tool-free force setting.

For operator safety, there is a powered spin-out override button.

“Blind rivet nuts can be installed into sheet metal, tubing, extrusions, plastics, and other materials to provide strong, reliable internal threads in applications requiring assembly and disassembly,” said the firm. “One-sided installations can be achieved in a range of thin panels of varying materials and hardness, and are ideal for close-to-edge applications.”