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Avdel® has been at the forefront of new product development for decades, driven by market requirements. The Avdel® range of innovative systems have all been developed as fastening solutions for the changing market.

Avdel® Breakstem Fasteners and installation tools are a premier fastening system offering multi-grip performance, consistent and reliable installation and high speed, high performance assembly. Used in all manufacturing industries throughout the world, there is an Avdel® breakstem fastener and installation tool to suit virtually every assembly requirement.

Breakstem fastener consisting of a rivet and tubular section providing extra wide grip range.

Multi-grip breakstem fasteners with a long and reliable track record in a wide range of applications.

High strength steel breakstem fasteners with excellent bulbing tail formation.

6.4 mm structural steel blind rivet with a wide grip range

High strength stainless steel breakstem fasteners with excellent bulbing tail formation.

6.4 mm structural stainless steel blind rivet with a wide grip range

Breakstem fasteners with a split tail formation providing a very large blind side bearing area.

Structural breakstem fasteners with exceptional shear and tensile strength.

Multi-grip structural breakstem fasteners providing fully sealed, vibration resistant joints.

Breakstem fasteners with a split tail formation providing a very large blind side bearing area.

Multi-grip structural breakstem fasteners providing a fully sealed joint and visible lock

Structural breakstem fasteners with an internal interference lock and a weatherproof feature.

Multi-grip, high strength steel and stainless steel breakstem fasteners.

Breakstem rivet for attaching metal to wood without through holes

Avdel® Speed Fastening® Systems provide rapid and reliable assembly of metals, plastics, composites and passive electronic components. The fasteners are either magazine-fed or fed via a vibrating bowl to a wide choice of installation equipment.

Secure, easy-to-solder terminal posts for PCBs.

Threaded stand-off pillars for PCBs in a range of metric internal threads and many stand-off heights.

Initially designed to attach DIN 41612 connectors to PCBs but can also be used to attach other connectors.

Speed fasteners with a bulbed tail providing consistent high clamp and shear

Speed fasteners which provide consistent controlled clamp, ideal for soft or brittle materials.

Flush Speed Fastening® for applications in exceptionally thin sheet metals

Developed for blind hole applications in wood, plastics, fibreglass and aluminium.

Simply the strongest speed fastener, combining high clamp throughout a wide grip range.

Threaded, removable speed fasteners.

Speed fastening® for plastic assembly requirements.

Avdel® Lockbolt Systems are designed for high strength assembly. Quick and simple to place, they provide tamper-proof joints and are the ideal solution where spot welding is not practical or not possible.

Heavy duty, high strength, tamper resistant, blind steel fastener.

High strength, vibration resistant lockbolts with high, controlled clamp.

Heavy duty, two piece large diameter lockbolt fasteners providing a high strength assembly.

High strength, steel fastener and shell designed for joining composite panels to metal.

High strength, vibration resistant lockbolts with multi-grip capability.

Avdel® Blind Threaded Inserts provide a quick, reliable and low cost system of inserting high quality, load bearing threads. The inserts offer many benefits over weld nuts, self-tapping screws, pressed inserts and nuts & bolts.

Steel or aluminium inserts designed to provide load bearing threads in thin sheet materials.

Inserts with hexagonal body, providing high torque-to-turn and pull-out performance.

Inserts designed to provide load bearing threads in thin sheet materials. For hard metric hole sizes.

Provides clamp force comparable to weld nuts and clinch nuts in high torque applications.

Steel, inserts with square body, providing very high torque-to-turn and pull-out performance.

Inserts designed to provide load bearing threads in thin sheet materials.

Wide grip range threaded insert, which provides an extra large blind side bearing area when placed.

Avdel’s Fastriv® Self-Piercing Rivet System is engineered to pierce and fasten in one operation, simplifying assembly and reducing costs while providing a strong, reliable joint.

Self-piercing rivet system to pierce and fasten in one operation, providing a strong, reliable joint.

Avdel® Handtools and Equipment for quick and reliable installation of Avdel® Fasteners.

Lightweight tool for placing Avdel® lockbolts

nGenesis® Power Tool Range

Heavy duty, cast aluminium body - Hydro Pneumatic Power Tool.

Hydro-pneumatic tool with a cycle time of just 1.7 sec, able to place the ø10 mm Monobolt® fastener

Robust and rugged installation tools designed for a long working life in extreme conditions.

High speed threaded insert tool ideal for batch or flow-line assembly in a variety of applications.

Tool with pressure setting installing threaded inserts in varying material thicknesses.

High speed threaded insert tool with separated intensifier ideal for batch or flow-line assembly.

Hydro-pneumatic tool with separated intensifier for placing of Versa-Nut® threaded inserts.

One tool places the entire range of Speed Fasteners

A lightweight tool for small Avdel Speed Fastening® rivets

Lightweight Tool for Speed Fastening® Systems