Explosive rivets

Helicopter winches frequently have explosive attach bolts, but I had never run into rivets personally.

Explosive rivets must have been politically incorrect. They were redesigned and they are now called "pop" rivets.

Quite correct aurizon. I still have a small box of assorted rivets which work quite well with a big heavy duty soldering iron, but am not into building planes so have not had many uses for them.

The "exploding head" rivet as described in the link, is not the same thing as an "explosive rivet". The former works like a drywall anchor and doesn't contain any explosive charge.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=rivet+%2B%22exploding+head%22&aq=f&aqi=&oq=rivet+%2B%22exploding+head%22&fp=cbc2f75bf9d43a8f

Hi ronseto,

Hope your holiday is going well?

Did you check out the link to Exploding rivets in post #4? It would be interesting to know if it is the correct type or not. I can still see a need for them now though?

Enjoy the rest of your holidays, Good luck.

Hi lynlynch,

The "pop rivet joke"?............. That is really bad!

But still better that any of mine!

Happy holiday.

Hi bb,

I couldn't help it.

Looks like I tricked aurizon.

Detective:- "A sad and all too frequent story these days, she and her family were assassinated by a popcorn bomb".

Sargent:- "A popcorn bomb"?

Detective:- " Yes, genetically bred to pop all at once"

Hi aurizon,

Hope your holiday has been a good one?

I like your joke, and have not heard that one before.

Did you hear about the man who 'popped' into a bar? Hurt like hell, it was an iron bar!! See, I said in a post to lynlynch my joke were bad, I mean seriously bad!

Enjoy the rest of the holiday...............

Take care and good luck.

Hi lynlynch,

Thanks for your reply post

May be he did not notice after having a 'few too many'? Hi aurizon! Sorry if I got your name wrong.

Lynlynch, I hope you had a nice holiday so far? I am on my own but there is no one to argue with!

Take care and best of luck with the rest of the holidays.

Hi ronseto,

Is this what you mean? Used in WW11 aircraft?

Check out the various sites as some have videos of what you want I think? Though I am guessing as I have not heard of them before.

search? explosive rivets

Good luck And happy holiday! Please let me know if you find what you want ron.

As I stated previously, I used them a while back. I just thought about them the other day and wondered if anyone still used them, or if they were even manufactured anymore. They were the original blind rivet and the answer to riveting aluminum panels in inaccessible areas in aircraft construction. Their drawback was the expanded end of the rivet couldn't be inspected for correct upset and the residue from the explosion was corrosive to metals. The "POP" rivet finally replaced the explosive rivet.

I think it lives on, with improved explosives that corrode less after the fact. They might even be able to make a contained release that fattens the stem but does not break it??