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I write about riveting processes, from fastener selection to the checks used to assess a finished joint. My articles connect materials, access, and equipment functions, helping readers understand which details need to be clarified before choosing a process or discussing a production setup.
What Is Spot Welding and When Should You Use It?
Spot welding is a resistance welding process that joins overlapping metal sheets using electrode force and heat from an electric current. A melting weld nugget connects the sheets and electrodes hold the pressure as it cools. Standard resistance spot welding…
Torque Specs: How Engineers Set Bolt Torque Specifications for Assembly
Torque specs define the tightening torque and conditions for a particular fastened joint. For repair work, use the approved component procedure. For a new assembly, engineers establish the required clamp load and characterize the actual bolts and mating parts, then…
How to Measure Force: Force Measurement Units, Force Meters, Load Cells, and Force Measuring Instruments
For physics and mechanical engineering, how you measure force refers to quantifying a physical push or pull interaction between bodies. Because force isn’t a physical substance you can hold, instruments never read force in isolation. Pushes and pulls are counter-balanced…
Types of Rivets: Structural Families, Head Styles, and How to Choose a Rivet
Standard types of rivets are permanent mechanical fasteners that join two or more parts together without threads. Different from threaded bolts that crews unbolt with wrenches, standard metal rivets feature a cylindrical shank and have a factory-formed head on one…
How to Remove Rivets: Match the Method to the Fastener
October 2026 Update by XCX, Suzhou Simitch Machinery Co., Ltd. How to Remove Rivets: The Basic Method For standard blind and solid metal rivets, knowing how to remove rivets takes 2 steps at low drill speed. First, knock out any…
Interference Fit: Types, Press vs Shrink Assembly, and How Much Interference to Use
An interference fit describes the case when the shaft or external feature is larger than its mating hole before assembly. Post-assembly, the overlap creates contact pressure and friction. Depending on the tolerance limits, material combination, size, wall geometry, temperature, surface…
Top 20 Assembly Automation Companies for Different Production Needs
20 Best Assembly Automation Companies: Supplier Guide Last updated: October 2026 The best assembly automation companies depend on the job: SIMITCH for defined self-piercing riveting stations, WEBER for screwdriving, JR Automation for integrated lines, Mikron for scalable precision assembly, and…
How to Diagnose Self-Piercing Riveting Defects and Verify the Fix
Self piercing riveting defects are usually diagnosed from related evidence. Preserve the original joint, record the top and die-side symptoms, and verify the material and tooling identities. Inspect a traceable section, compare the force-displacement signal, change one bounded variable, and…
Self Piercing Riveting: Process, Materials, Joint Quality, and Equipment Guide
Self piercing riveting is a cold mechanical joining process in which a semi-tubular rivet pierces the upper sheet and flares into a die-supported lower sheet, normally without a pre-drilled hole or a separate predrilled operation. A reliable joint still rests…
The Riveting Process, From Rivet Selection to an Accepted Joint
The riveting process is a permanent mechanical joining method that joins two or more parts by placing a rivet through or into the material stack and deforming part of its shank. Once installed, the rivet creates a second head or…
