Difference Between Rivet Nut and Press Rivet Nut: Choosing for Home Appliance and Cabinet Workshops - CHANRUI

Home appliance and cabinet workshops often struggle with thin-plate connections: should they use rivet nuts or press rivet nuts? Both can form internal threads on thin plates, yet the process, equipment and application scenarios differ significantly. This article clarifies the differences from home appliance and cabinet production standpoints.

I. Differences in principle

II. How workshops should choose

Home appliances and kitchen/bathroom products have many varieties, irregular shapes and frequent rework after coating, which makes flexible pull rivet nuts suitable; aluminum profiles, battery trays, energy storage cabinets and other structures requiring disassembly also favor pull rivet nuts. For large-batch standard flat plates pre-installed on mold-based production lines, press rivet nuts are more efficient; many factories use both: press riveting for standard parts, pull riveting for irregular and rework parts.

III. Selection advice

M3-M6 for home appliance thin plate panels, M6-M10 for cabinet door panels and mounting plates, M10-M12 for aluminum profile beams and trays; for aluminum parts choose knurled rivet nuts suitable for aluminum and run pull-out verification. Home appliance solutions seeHome Appliance Kitchen & Bathroom · Hardware Furniture Riveting, cabinet cases seePower Distribution Cabinet · Power Equipment。

IV. Trial before locking the process

When unsure, hand the workpiece and plate thickness to the engineer, make one sample each with pull riveting and press riveting, compare forming, pulling force, appearance and rework cost before deciding. CHANRUI can do on-site rivet nut sampling, and general knowledge can refer toAutomatic Rivet Nut Machine Product Description。