Riveted assemblies

Large range of contact rivets available for low voltage switchgear.
The use of rivets allows great flexibility in a variety of applications and where batch sizes may vary and material requirements may be different.

Application

Industrial control gear

Network relays
Contactors

Transport industry

Automotive switchgear
Automotive relays

Telecommunications industry

Relays

Domestic appliances

Relays

Contact forms

Silver / Silver alloy rivets
- Solid
- Bimetallic
- Trimetallic turned parts

Support types and production

Materials :Copper, brass ,bronze, steel, copper plated steel, zamac
Manufacturing process: Stamped, machined...


Turned supports	Coated supports	Stamped supports

Example

Riveted Assemblies examples

Riveted assemblies

At Metalor Technologies we use a number of different production methods allowing us to satisfy customer demands for variable batch sizes and contact types.

Production process		Production batch size	Supports	Tooling costs
Manual assembly		100 – 5000 parts	All types	Very low
Semi-automatic indexing table	A	1 000 – 20.000 parts	All types	Moderate
Semi-automatic indexing table	Y2A	> 20.000 parts	All types	High
Automatic rivet feed and insertion		> 20.000 parts	Auto-stamped	High

Component quality

Metalor Technologies has specialist knowledge in obtaining perfect bond between rivet head and the corresponding support.
Metalor Technologies designs tooling to ensure minimal deformation of the rivet during the riveting operation.
Metalor Technologies closely controls the size ratio between head and shank to ensure optimum riveting quality.

Production means