Huck Rivets

What are Huck® Rivets?

Huck rivets are structural fasteners that differ from general purpose pop rivets with greater strength and resistance to vibration. The Huck Magna-Lok is Australia's # 1 structural rivet due to its adapatability with material grip range. This means applications with varies material depth require only one rivet type. Structural fastener that can be installed with conventional Huck installation tool or a structural rivet gun. They have a unique circle-lock feature that requires a simple visual inspection to ensure it's installed properly - 100% of the time. Magna-Lok rivets are also a moisture-resistant fastener, available in steel, stainless steel, or aluminium in diameters 4.8, 6.4, 9.5 and 12.7mm or in imperial 3/16, 1 / 4, 3/8 and 1 / 2 inch. 

They differ from standard pop rivets because they are designed with a locking mechanism to hold the mandrel in place. When the rivet is being installed, the rivet body deforms on top of the blind side of the material whilst retaining a portion of the stem. Creating a solid component that strengthens the rivet due to it not being hollow.

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What’s the difference between Huck Bolt and Huck rivet?

Essentially these are both fasteners used to join two or more materials together. A HuckBolt is a two-piece fastener whilst a Huck rivet is a one-piece blind fastener.

HuckBolt is a two-part pin & collar assembly that becomes a single entity through a mechanical swaging process. This occurs when a tool applies pressure to a soft steel collar and forces it into the grooves of the hard steel HuckBolt's pin. To install a Huck bolt you need access to both sides of the material. 

Huck rivet is a single piece fastener that installs like a standard rivet via a tool. Rivets only need access to one side of the application, this is the reason they asre termed blind fasteners. A rivets is composed of two components, a metal tube (body) & pin (mandrel). The pin is threaded throught the body and is normally longer than the tube and designed to be pulled up through the tube whilst enlarging it in the process. This results in the rivet clamping the material.

The How Huck Works blog is a great link that explains the difference between the two fastener types with diagrams and videos.

How are Huck® Rivets installed?

Huck® Rivets are easy to install with a little practice. Huck rivets are installed using a structural rivet gun or a Huck Bolt tool with the correct nose assembly.

• Insert the rivet pin into the tool’s nose, ensuring you have the correct tool and jaws.

• Place the rivet body into a correctly sized pre-drilled hole

• The jaw mechanism of the riveter pulls the pin through a rivet body and breaks the pin at a predetermined point, causing the rivet body to bulge and permanently join the two pieces of material together.

Where are Huck® Rivets used?

Being an industrial strength fasteners Huck® rivets are used in a wide range of structural applications. Anywhere you seek a super strong connection where vibration and weather resistance is required you will find them in vehicles like Tesla® and Volvo®, Trucks and trailers such as Kenworth manufacturing & maintenance; Aerospace such as Boeing manufacturing; RV vehicles, caravans and camper trailers; HVAC; Military and defence equipment and vehicles; Security fencing; Ute vehicles and so much more…