Jaguar Cars and Henrob jointly to develop self-piercing rivet systems (3-Aug-2007)
... around 30% of which are applied using 55 manual rivet setting tools.There are another 148 robotic and automatic
riveting tools. Each body contains 16 different types of rivet; together the rivets in each car body weigh 4.5kg.Developments ...
Jaguar to use Henrob’s self-piercing rivets on X350 saloon (31-Jul-2007)
... robots at Castle Bromwich to carry the riveting guns to the point of application.Both hydraulic and electric
riveting tools can be used. Rivets can be fed either by tape or by blow feed.Self-piercing rivets are essential in the X350 ...