riveting : Idioms & Phrases
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.
Webster 1913
Chain riveting
- riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.
Webster 1913
Crossed riveting
- riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row.
Webster 1913
Double riveting
- in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint.
Webster 1913
Lap riveting
- riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together.
