Assembly Technologies

RSR - FASTENING AUTOMATION

The Resistance Spot Rivet, or RSR™, is a leading technology in consumable fasteners that allows for a wide variety of mixed material joining in high speed, automated facilities.

The RSR weld yields higher strengths than traditional spot welds, with the flexibility to join nearly any combination of steel and aluminum sheets or extrusions a vehicle designer may need.

A broad selection of top sheets can be accommodated with the RSR joining process, including painted and non-metallic materials. In addition, a wide range of sheet thicknesses can be joined with only a handful of rivet part numbers.

RSR joints outperform blind riveting and flow-drill screw joining in weight, strength and cost. Wherever a spot weld is used in a steel structure today, RSR can join mixed material architecture with higher strength and better compatibility, even when there are adhesive layers in the joints.

RSR easily retrofits existing infrastructure and quickly adjusts to join current and next-generation, mulit-material combinations at up to a 7° angle in high volume, automated environments.

Learn more about the next generation of weld-head technology and download our RSR white paper.