Electrical Contact Rivets
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STL offers a full range of solid and bimetal precious metal alloy contact rivets
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In-house manufacture of Electrical Contact Rivets ranging in diameter from 2.5mm to 10mm
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These can be supplied directly or auto-assembled at STL
Electrical Contact Rivets
STL produces cold-bonded Electrical Contact Rivets which allow for shank entry points as well as indent points to aid auto-assembly and identification.
We also produce larger diameter rivets, suitable for switching over 200 amperes AC and with sintered precious metal alloys, especially good for DC contacts. These compare very favourably on cost with brazed parts, which can be slow to produce.
Our use of high-quality materials such as Silver Tin oxide enables rivets to withstand rigorous short-circuit testing in difficult conditions.
We also manufacture riveted components using automated in-die riveting processes. Parts are assembled, camera-checked and stamped in a single process at speeds of up to 300 parts per minute with tooling designed and developed in-house at STL.
Developments suggest that other materials can be successfully bonded such as Copper with Aluminium tops, which could be used in battery-type connectors.
Our rivet production includes:
- Solid rivets
- Bi-metal rivets
- Specialised headed components
- Semi-tubular rivets
- In-die assembled products