Spanish company Fator, an industrial fastener specialist, has developed the Steptail rivet for PV trackers. “Fixing solar panels to solar trackers has traditionally involved the use of screws, washers ...

A rivet is a mechanical fastener with a plane unthreaded shaft that’s inserted through holes to join two or more parts together. A permanently formed head at each end prevents the rivet from removal ...

Blind rivets, or breakstems, provide vibrationproof fastening for a wide variety of materials. But designers must know at least the basics before specifying them for applications. Rivets have been ...