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Is riveting that much better?

For the past two seasons we've used good ol' fashioned nuts and bolts to keep the bot together. After the second regional, our bot got pretty roughed up and nuts start coming off or becoming loose.
I was wondering how many teams have been using rivets to keep their bot together and if so, did you use them for the whole bot? Did they perform well?
Also, is it really final when you fasten the bot together with rivets or is it relatively easy to remove them if mistakes were made or adjustments are needed?
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

We haven't used rivets, but a quick search of the forums for "rivet frame" comes up with many related threads, such as this one http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ht=rivet+frame

I can say that welding the kitbot frame significantly increases frame stiffness relative to bolts, and saves probably one or two pounds of bolts in the process. Rivets offer a signficant weight savings, too, I understand, and in this game saving a few ounces can make a big difference.

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Re: Is riveting that much better?

We've riveted large numbers of joints since 2007 and are very happy with how they've held up in competition. We use 1/4" aluminum or steel rivets as necessary. Steel rivets are much harder to drill out, so we use them sparingly, and otherwise avoid using rivets at points where whole mechanisms couple to the robot so that we can more easily remove them should that need arise.

1/4" rivets require a special tool that is about $150. Ours is called the Big Daddy - by its manufacturer -- and we bought it at a local supplier of hardware and tools. You can also order them through McMaster-Carr or similar, I'm sure.
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

The past few years we've used a lot of rivets, mostly on the mechanism, but our 2008 chassis was riveted together (fiberglass channel and sheet aluminum). We prefer smaller rivets, mostly 5/32", we also use some 1/16" and 3/16" rivets where appropriate. Sometimes the rivets get loose...that generally means the joint was not designed properly.

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Re: Is riveting that much better?

217 and 148 are my favorites for riveting. Search CD-Media for their bots.

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Re: Is riveting that much better?

In one word to answer your question.... yes. If you have specific questions, feel free to send me a private message. The past examples of different teams have led me to believe that rivets do a great job; as well as led me to use rivets for my teams.
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

Our basic frame is welded, but we use a lot of rivets for attachments and lexan. They are easy to drill out and remove when needed and are great for quick fixes. The mechanical team has a large assortment of diameters and lengths as well as aluminum and steel.
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

In 2008, our grabber completely snapped off (hit a wall head on) and were scheduled for a back to back match. A hand full of rivets, hand drill, and a manual rivet gun; we had the grabber back together before the staff had the field reset
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

I'm guessing we are mostly talking about steel and aluminum 'pop-rivets'.

Does anyone use solid rivets ? They are used on with a riveting tool that vibration hammers the rivet against a bucking bar.

If you are riding down the road look at the side of a common tractor trailer made of aluminum structural framing. A zillion of the rivets. Used on aircraft too !!
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

177 has been known to buck solid rivets in our robots. We have the full aircraft builder's set up in our shop with pnuematic hammer, a variety of bucking bars, and plenty of kleckos.

Former mentors on our team built their own aircraft and taught us how to dimpel the sheet metal and everything. We usually only use this in applications were we need higher shear strength or the rivet needs to be counter sunk, or we make a monocoque structure out of sheetmetal

I believe 1501 Thrust uses some solid rivets in their robots as well because they build their robots almost exclusively in a monocoque aircraft fashion.
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

Any recommendations on pneumatic hammers ? Bars ?

We have done projects where it would have been really nice to do it that way but we didn't have the tools or knowledge at the time.
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Any recommendations on pneumatic hammers ? Bars ?

We have done projects where it would have been really nice to do it that way but we didn't have the tools or knowledge at the time.
I'll take a look at what we have this weekend and let you know.
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Re: Is riveting that much better?

Instead of "Is riveting that much better?", a better question would be "what are the pros and cons of riveting?" Just like everything else in this world, there are advantages and disadvantages. I'll post some of each below, but I'm sure there are more that other people can think of.

(btw, I'm referring to pop rivets here)

Pros:
- light weight. We once weight all of our fasteners on a robot and it came out to nearly 20 lb. An aluminum pop rivet weights about one tenth of the steel nut/bolt combo it replaces, so you can save 5 lb pretty easily with good use of rivets.

- Fast and easy removal and replacement. You don't need to track down the 7/16" wrenches and unscrew a bunch of nuts. Grab a drill and the proper drill bit, and two seconds worth of drilling will remove each rivet. You can easily remove 10 rivets in less than a minute, and that includes searching for the drill. Likewise for attachment. It takes about 10 seconds to load a rivet into the gun and do the fastening - no need to figure out how to hold a nut still in a hard to reach location.

- thread locker not necessary

Cons:
- Not as strong as a nut and bolt. They're much lighter and sometimes rely on a bit of friction to do their thing. If it needs to bear a lot of load, you should probably stick with the nut and bolt.

- Special equipment necessary. You have to buy a rivet gun and make sure you have the right drill bit to remove the rivet if you need to.

- Drilling out rivets can sometimes leave rivet remnants in place where you may not want them (like inside of tubes). Usually not a big deal, but something you might want to think about.

I'm sure other people can expand on this, but this should at least get you started.
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- Not as strong as a nut and bolt. They're much lighter and sometimes rely on a bit of friction to do their thing. If it needs to bear a lot of load, you should probably stick with the nut and bolt.
....or design the assembly so it can use several rivets. Usually the stuff we rivet is made with sheet aluminum brackets riveted to aluminum tubing.
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....or design the assembly so it can use several rivets. Usually the stuff we rivet is made with sheet aluminum brackets riveted to aluminum tubing.
That was my thought too. You say they weigh 1/10th of a steel bolt/nut combo. So throw 5 of them on to replace a bolt/nut and you are still under.
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