Sapphire Products Logo
Click for Homepage  Incorporating
The Rivet Supply Company
 Sapphire  Products  Limited
 Unit  E3  Ivanhoe  Business  Park
 Tom  Bill  Way,   Smisby Road,
 Ashby de la Zouch,   LE65  2UY
 Tel :  0121  326  6000       or       0121  327  4868
 Fax : 0121  328  5518
Sapphire Crystal Logo
Click for homepage
 45° Countersunk Head
  Also called Flat 45° Countersunk Head            Imperial Sizes

Solid 45deg Countersunk Flat Head Rivet - schematic
 

  Large Solid Rivets for General Engineering Purposes - Not Boiler Rivets 

BS 275 : 1927   plate 2, Fig 9   Flat 45° Countersunk Head
½ to 1¾ Inches Diameter - All Dimensions in Inches - Generally Mild Steel

- - - Shank Diameter - - -

Head Diameter 

Head Depth

Setting

  Nominal
  D

&
 

Tolerance
 

 
   A=1.5D

 
B=0.604D

Allowance
S=0.352D

1/2

0.500

0.484 / 0.531

0.750

0.302

0.176

9/16

0.563

0.547 / 0.594

0.844

0.340

0.198

5/8

0.625

0.609 / 0.656

0.938

0.378

0.220

11/16

0.688

0.672 / 0.719

1.031

0.415

0.242

3/4

0.750

0.734 / 0.781

1.125

0.453

0.264

13/16

0.813

0.797 / 0.844

1.219

0.491

0.286

7/8

0.875

0.859 / 0.906

1.313

0.529

0.308

15/16

0.938

0.922 / 0.969

1.406

0.566

0.330

1

1.000

0.984 / 1.031

1.500

0.604

0.352

1.1/16

1.063

1.047 / 1.094

1.594

0.642

0.374

1.1/8

1.125

1.109 / 1.156

1.688

0.680

0.396

1.3/16

1.188

1.172 / 1.219

1.781

0.717

0.418

1.1/4

1.250

1.234 / 1.281

1.875

0.755

0.440

1.5/16

1.313

1.297 / 1.344

1.969

0.793

0.462

1.3/8

1.375

1.359 / 1.406

2.063

0.831

0.484

1.7/16

1.438

1.422 / 1.469

2.156

0.868

0.506

1.1/2

1.500

1.484 / 1.531

2.250

0.906

0.528

1.9/16

1.563

1.547 / 1.594

2.344

0.944

0.550

1.5/8

1.625

1.609 / 1.656

2.438

0.982

0.572

1.11/16

1.688

1.672 / 1.719

2.531

1.019

0.594

1.3/4

1.750

1.734 / 1.781

2.625

1.057

0.616

The Britsh Standard does not specify tolerances for Head Diameter,
Depth, & Angle of Countersink or Shank Length.
It is normal to have a radius under the head and at the periphery of the countersink,
but no dimensions are specified.