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  2. Rivet gun - Wikipedia

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    A rivet gun, also known as a rivet hammer or a pneumatic hammer, [1] is a type of tool used to drive rivets. The rivet gun is used on rivet's factory head (the head present before riveting takes place), and a bucking bar is used to support the tail of the rivet. The energy from the hammer in the rivet gun drives the work and the rivet against ...

  3. Riveting machine - Wikipedia

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    The downward force required to deform the rivet with an automatic riveting machine is created by a motor and flywheel combination, pneumatic cylinder, or hydraulic cylinder. Manual feed riveting machines usually have a mechanical lever to deliver the setting force from a foot pedal or hand lever.

  4. United Shoe Machinery Corporation - Wikipedia

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    A vintage postcard with the United Shoe Machinery factory in Beverly, Massachusetts Share of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, issued 4. May 1916. United Shoe Machinery Corporation (USMC) was a U.S.-based manufacturer of various industrial machinery, particularly for the shoe manufacturing industry and monopolized the American shoe machinery business. [1]

  5. Rivet - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of round head rivets, 1898 A typical technical drawing of a universal head solid rivet Riveters work on the Liberty ship SS John W. Brown (December 2014).. Rivet holes have been found in Egyptian spearheads dating back to the Naqada culture of between 4400 and 3000 B.C. Archeologists have also uncovered many Bronze Age swords and daggers with rivet holes where the handles would have been.

  6. List of military equipment of the Canadian Army in World War II

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    Bren Gun (various marks) Inglis, Toronto: 510: 600.303 British (7.7×56mmR) 1939: 599000: 10.35 kg: replacement for Lewis gun Lewis gun (standard model; U.S. version; Automatic Ship's Lewis Gun) 550: 800.303 British (7.7×56mmR) or .30/06: 1917? 13 kg: occasional AA gun, limited production during World War II Vickers machine gun (various marks ...

  7. Pneumatic tool - Wikipedia

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    Pneumatic tools are rated using several metrics: Free Speed (rpm), Air Pressure (psi/bar), Air Consumption (cfm/scfm or m3/min), Horse Power (hp), and spindle size.Each individual tool has its own specific requirements which determine their compatibility with air compressor systems.

  8. Rivet nut - Wikipedia

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    Typical rivet nut Sectional view Sectional view, with bolt inserted. A rivet nut, also known as a blind rivet nut, or rivnut, [1] is a one-piece internally threaded and counterbored tubular rivet that can be anchored entirely from one side. It is a kind of threaded insert. There are two types: one is designed to form a bulge on the back side of ...

  9. PK machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The PK general-purpose machine gun U-shaped receiver is stamped from a smooth 1.5 mm (0.06 in) sheet of steel that is supported extensively by pins and rivets. For additional rigidity and strength the PK receiver features double walls made from 1.5 mm steel plates that are welded together with the U-shaped stamping.