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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / Rivets | | English term or phrase: Countersunk factory heads and countersunk buck tails | I have an issue with the following kind of rivets.
"Countersunk factory heads" are sometimes milled and "countersunk buck tails" are always milled
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| Reference: countersunk factory head and buck tail
Reference information:
A rivet is a mechanical fastener. Before it is installed it consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite the head is called the buck-tail. On installation the rivet is placed in a pre-drilled hole. Then the tail is "upset" (i.e. deformed) so that it expands to about 1.5 times the original shaft diameter and holds the rivet in place. To distinguish between the two ends of the rivet, the original head is called the factory head and the deformed end is called the shop head or buck-tail.
Flush rivet
A flush rivet is used primarily on external metal surfaces where good appearance and the elimination of unnecessary aerodynamic drag are important. A flush rivet takes advantage of a countersink hole, they are also commonly referred to as countersunk rivets. Countersunk or flush rivets are used all over the outside of many military and commercial aircraft, including the AH-64 Apache helicopter.
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| lorenab23
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