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7.
Start-up
Before starting the blind rivet setting tool, read and observe the operating instructions and
safety information and keep in a safe place. Have technical personnel connect the compressed
air supply to the blind rivet setting tool.
7.1
Selecting and changing the nosepiece
Caution:
Always fit the nosepiece corresponding to the size of the blind rivet (refer to table in Section 6).
To change the nosepiece:
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Disconnect the tool from the compressed air supply.
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Unscrew nosepiece from steel head sleeve.
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Screw in corresponding nosepiece and tighten.
7.2
To set a blind rivet
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Connect the blind rivet setting tool to the compressed air supply.
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Insert the blind rivet in the nosepiece and fit as far as it will go in the hole in the material
to be joined.
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Press trigger until the mandrel breaks off.
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Release the trigger.
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The spent mandrel is conveyed into the spent mandrel container by tilting the tool back -
automatically in tools with spent mandrel evacuation - (see 8).
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