➢

➢
➢
AMS Aeronautical Material Specification
AN Air Force - Navy
AND Air Force - Navy Design
AS Aeronautical Standard
ASA American Standard Association
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
MS Military Standard
NAF Naval Aircraft Factory
NAS National Aerospace Standard
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
➢
➢
Rivet Best Common Hole
size drill drill size
3/32 #40 7/64 0.096
1/8 #30 9/64 0.128
5/32 #21 11/64 0.159
3/16 #11 13/64 0.191
7/32 #10 15/64 0.225
1/4 #F 17/64 0.257
5/16 #P 21/64 0.323
3/8 #W 25/64 0.386
7/16 29/64 29/64 0.453
1/2 33/64 33/64 0.516
Rivet Pilot Hole Drill Size
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢ROUND HEAD RIVET (AN430)
WAS USED EXTENSIVELY ON
AIRCRAFT BUILT BEFORE 1955,
➢FLAT HEAD RIVET(AN442)
WAS WIDELY USED ON
INTERNAL STRUCTURES.
➢COUNTERSUNK (AN426)

.
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢
➢
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢

➢
➢
➢

➢
 DRIVEN
ALLOY LETTER HEAD MARKING
CONDITION
1100 A PLAIN 1100-F
2117 AD DIMPLE 2117T3
5056 B RAISED CROSS 5056H32
2017 D RAISED DOT 2017T31
2024 DD TWO RAISED DASHES 2024T31
7050 E RAISED RING 7050T73
➢
➢

➢
➢
➢

➢
➢

➢ FOR PROTRUDING - ONE-AND THREE-ROW LAYOUTS HAVE A MINIMUM PITCH OF 3

RIVET DIAMETERS, A TWO-ROW LAYOUT HAS A MINIMUM PITCH OF 4 RIVET
DIAMETERS
➢ FOR COUNTERSUNK - ONE-AND THREE-ROW LAYOUTS HAVE A MINIMUM PITCH OF
3.5 RIVET DIAMETERS, A TWO-ROW LAYOUT HAS A MINIMUM PITCH OF 4.5 RIVET
DIAMETERS
➢