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A rivets 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. Fastenings used in traditional wooden boat building like copper nails and clinch bolts work on the principle of the rivet but they were in use long before the term rivet was invented. So, where they are remembered, they are usually classified among the nails and bolts respectively. There are a number of types of rivets, designed to meet different cost, accessibility, and strength requirements. These includes solid rivets, blind rivets, multi-grip rivets, and grooved rivets, peel type blind rivets, self-pierce rivets, plastic rivets, tubular rivets. Some of the rivets are mentioned below: Solid Rivets: Solid rivets are one of the oldest and most reliable types of fasteners, having been found in archaeological findings dating back to the bronze age. Solid rivets consist, simply of a shaft and head which are deformed with a hammer or rivet gun. The use of a rivet compression or crimping tool can also be used to deform these type of rivets; this tool is mainly used on rivets closer to the edge since it is limited by it's depth of frame. A rivet compression tool does not require two people and is generally the most fool proof way to install solid rivets. Application Areas: A typical application for solid rivets can be found within the structural parts of aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of solid rivets are used to assemble the frame of a modern aircraft. • Building frames • Bridges • Cranes