GENERAL: Implementation of this standard must be in accordance with the policies and procedures outlined on page MPAPS S-A-0.101. There may also be supplemental group instructions in regard to use of metric standards that should be taken into account.

This standard may differ in some respects with certain segments of national standards. In recognition of these differences, the sizes and tolerance ranges used were established in an effort to enable the use of commercially available items, dimensionally interchangeable worldwide.

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.