Review of Multi grip rivets
Multi grip rivets provide users many advantages over conventional blind (pop) rivets. Multi grip rivets have a broader, wider grip or working range. This wider grip will replace at least two conventional open end blind rivets. Blind rivets is another name for pop rivets, which is the registered brand name of Emhart Teknologies. Vis-a-vis Kleenex is commonly used for tissues. When reviewing manufacturers of multi grip rivets. There is one US manufacturer who specializes in painted, colored multi grip rivets. In addition, aDP Rivet exhibits their near perfect customer approval ratings on their storefront for all to see. With well over three thousand customer comments logged this manufacturer continues to score 100% ratings. Painted, colored multi grip rivets are available from this manufacturer with over a dozen colors, lengths and head sizes.
Multi grip rivets have a little more tolerance when it comes to application hole size. Multi grip rivets will function properly if the application hole is a little over-sized, (about 10%), which is beneficial since real world applications often present such a condition. Another advantage is Multi-grip rivets have a wider, flatter blind size footprint. This provides more bearing surface and holding strength when compared to conventional rivets. Multi grip rivet technology has been dormant until aDP Rivet developed it’s Ultimate multi grip rivet. With many dealers turning away from US manufacturers and going with the seemingly lower cost imports from China. The “me too” rivets sucked the creative life of these products and technology took a back seat. The result was end users of the products were forced into using inferior rivets and almost no US manufacturers left who would hear their grumblings of displeasure. Many end users grew accustomed to defective rivets and planned on extra time and tools to repair and replace the defects. With importers of these “me too” products ignoring customer complaints and bringing in more of the same. There was one manufacturer who listened to the many users who wanted a better rivet. 
About fifteen years ago aDP Rivet introduced it’s new technology, Ultimate rivets, which has lead to a new family of American manufactured multi grip rivets. These Ultimate rivets provide over a dozen advantages when compared to conventional, and other multi grip rivets. For more information and rivet comparisons, visit aDP Rivet’s web site.
One advantage is aDP’s Ultimate multi grip rivets can replace up to six conventional rivet sizes and up to four multi grip rivets. For the ultimate in riveting, aDP Rivet offers a “One rivet size fastens all” from 1/16″ thin, up to 5/8″ thick! No other rivet comes close to matching aDP’s latest technology.
Another advantage is Ultimate rivets fill over-sized application holes twice a much as other multi grip rivets. aDP’s 3/16″ diameter Ultimate Rivets will fill application holes which are about 25% over-sized. This feature makes Ultimate rivets extremely easy to use as the application condition is much less critical.
Yet another advantage with Ultimate rivets is tighter clamping, and provide a wider blind side footprint than other multi-grip brands. The aDP 1/8″ and 3/16″ diameters of Ultimate Rivets will spread out over 15% more providing a much improved clamp and hole fill of the application. When these unique rivets are activated, they expand outwards to fill the application hole as well as clamping multiple layers tightly together. From an engineers point of view, the greater the surface contact a fastener has with the application. The better performance you can expect from the fastener joint. Conversely, when a fastener leaves spaces of non-contacting application materials. The fastener joint may be exposed to less than desirable results and premature stress issues. These Ultimate Rivets provide optimal performance of the basic design concept: solid, tightly fastened joints perform better than loose joints with open voids between the fastener and/or application layers.
These high strength aluminum fasteners have proven to be extremely durable in harsh applications including: mobile billboard sign trucks, commercial trailers, camping trailers, livestock trailers, ATV’s, snowmobiles and numerous off road and industrial applications. Also used in the building of custom music cases, consumer products, fiberglass and sheet metal panel fastening.
For more information visit aDP Rivet’s how to use blind rivets page where you can review four types of rivets and the ratings for each. For their “one size rivets all” paper thin demonstration watch the Street legal TV interview with the editor of One Dirt.com.
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