'Butt riveting' definitions:
Definition of 'Butt riveting'
From: GCIDE
- Riveting \Riv"et*ing\, n.
- 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. --Tomlinsin. [1913 Webster]
- Butt riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint.
- Chain riveting, riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.
- Crossed riveting, riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row.
- Double riveting, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint.
- Lap riveting, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]