A rivet nut is a type of fastener that is used for strong and secure binding of parts for items in the transportation industry, for use in airplane part assembly, for many types of machinery and much more.
A rivet nut is a rivet that can be removed with a wrench once it is put in. A rivet gun is used to assemble it to plates. Usually a star wrench or and Allan wrench is needed to remove it.
It is a one-piece which is threaded in its interior. Also it has a counterbored tubular rivet. Such tubular rivet can be fully anchored from one side. Two types of rivet nut: One of them is designed in order to form a bulge on the rear side of the panel, the same way that a screw is tightened in its threads. The other type uses also a screw, however it is drawn into the sleeve, instead forming a bulge.
I think you are referring to a method of locating a nut in a piece of sheet metal. A rivet head nut is a nut with has a small projection not much thicker than the sheet metal to which you intend to fit it. This projection fits through a pre made hole in the sheet metal, and the small projection is peened over (deformed by hammering) to fix the nut to the sheet.
you would have to drill out the existing rivet and replace with a larger one
A Golden Rivet A rivet is a musical term for a chance. He said this in an interview with Chris Moyles on radio one last year
The main one being that pop rivets can be attached with a blind spot.
You can use a bolt and lock nut, probably 1/4 inch.
I assume the rivet you are asking about is a "tinners" rivet and not a more common "blind" rivet (commonly known as a "pop" rivet). If this the case the tool you want is called a "rivet set".
upset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upsetting the rivet is to compress the rivet during the installation process. That can be done with a rivet gun to "hammer" the rivet against a bucking bar, or to use a rivet squeezer to compress the rivet.
a rivet gun is a gun
A DD rivet is recognised by 2 dashes on the head of the rivet
To install a tubular rivet, you first need to make sure the holes align properly. Insert the tubular rivet into the hole from one side, then use a rivet setter tool to deform the protruding end to secure the connection. Trim the excess material as needed for a clean finish.