Lean on Our Shoulders…
They can support you! Brainard Rivet Company has been making shoulder rivets for over a century for a wide variety of industries. Learn more about shoulder rivets below!
You can find our rivets in the following:
- Recreational vehicles
- Automobiles
- Watercraft and prefab homes
- Chair swivel components
- Upfit solutions for cargo vans and trucks
- Shelving
- Cabinets
- Door and window assemblies for heavy trucks
- Cable pullers
- Hand trucks
- Electric wheelbarrows
- Meters & meter pedestals
- Seating components
- And many more…
What is a shoulder rivet?
As its name suggests, this rivet has a “shoulder,” or expanded section within the shank, which acts as a stop. Shoulder rivets are widely used across industries for their precision and reliability in applications. They can be manufactured with a variety of designs, depending on the end user’s application. Most commonly, they are used to provide precise spacing or as a hinging/pivoting joint as the shoulder can act as a bearing surface. Shoulder rivets are installed by upsetting the smallest diameter part of the shank. This upsetting or deformation essentially creates a second head which fixes the part in place, often in an assembly base, leaving the shoulder or thicker part of the shank free to meet its function. In comparison to threaded fasteners which are also used in many of the same applications, shoulder rivets are inexpensive and ideal for high-speed assembly.
What are the advantages of shoulder rivets?
- Precision: The tight tolerance of the shoulder diameter ensures accurate spacing and alignment
- Durability: Made from high-strength materials, these rivets can withstand significant wear and tear
- Versatility: Available in a wide range of sizes and materials to suit various applications
- Ease of Use: The distinct shoulder provides a straightforward means of achieving consistent results in assembly
- Design: Many shoulder rivets can be engineered with dimensions that allow for cold-forming which afford cost savings due to minimal scrap and high-speed production
- Security: Because they are unable to be removed without breaking one of the heads
Why choose Brainard Rivet’s shoulder rivets?
- Expertise: We have been manufacturing rivets for over a century!
- Efficiency: Quick and on-time delivery. Most plain shoulder rivets ship within 3-4 weeks!
- Scale & Scope: We take on small orders, as little as 1,000 pieces or 50 lbs (unless we need to spot buy material) and can handle any larger volume you throw at us. Brainard Rivet ships some customers hundreds of thousands of pounds of fasteners every year!
- When you need it & how you want it: Stock and release options for high volume orders
- Real people, in real time: Our team is on-site and available to assist you. Time permitting, our staff start working up quotes and entering in orders the same day we receive them.
- Made in the USA: Brainard Rivet employee-owners manufacture our fasteners proudly in Girard, OH and use as many American inputs to support our production as possible (only select steel and non-ferrous material is sourced outside of the United States).
- Employee-owners are invested in each other and you! We work with you to come up with solutions to problems, whether that would be to expedite a shipment, send out partials, or help to determine any cost savings, just to name a few.
- Quality: Certified to ISO 9001:2015
Cold Heading Quality material that Brainard Rivet can make fasteners out of:
- Steel: Low carbon, Medium Carbon, Steel Alloys (various)
- 1006
- 1008
- 1010
- 1018
- 1022
- 1025
- 1038
- 1045
- 10B21
- 15B21
- Stainless Steel Grades:
- 302
- 304
- 316
- 410
- 430
- Aluminum
- Copper
Are you ready to lean on our shoulders yet? Contact us today for your fastener solutions at quoting@brainardrivet.com. For more information on our product offerings, please click here.