Chief Automotive Technologies Rolls out New Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun

Chief's new Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun enables repair technicians to use it to install rivets in even the strongest steels. The Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun is approved by Mercedes-Benz.

"The new Chief Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun was developed to meet Mercedes-Benz specifications, including being able to pierce Usibor®," explains Mickey Swartz, director of global product management. "This is our strongest rivet gun, with a compression force of 22,000 lbs. vs. 12,000 lbs. available from our universal PNP90 rivet gun. The Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun is designed for the next wave of vehicles that will incorporate even more high-strength steel."

The new Heavy-Duty Rivet Gun includes a retract feature and a dial to adjust the output working pressure. The mobile hydraulic tool not only outputs 10 metric tons of compressive force, it also gives 8 metric tons of tension force to hydraulically retract the punching tool from metal sheets at the push of a button.