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This standard establishes the dimensional and performance requirements of break mandrel blind rivets suitable for use in joining nonstructural component parts of an assembly. This specification contains the essentials of the SAE Standard.

A break mandrel blind rivet is a blind fastener with a self-contained mandrel which during the setting operation is pulled into or against the rivet body forming an upset on the blind end and expanding the body until the mandrel breaks.

The inclusion of dimensional data is not intended to imply that all the rivets described are stock production sizes.