For duct, fitting & sheet metal shops
We are a specialist dealer in refurbished riveting and clinching machines — Chicago Rivet, National Rivet, Milford Rivet, Parmenter & Bulloch and orbital riveting platforms. Most are no longer built by the companies that made them. We hold hundreds of them, graded, tested and documented before they leave the floor.
Inventory
Hundreds of machines held in our warehouse, in mixed condition
Brands handled
Chicago Rivet · National Rivet · Milford Rivet · Parmenter & Bulloch · orbital
Customer base
400+ active and historical accounts across 15+ industries
Where machines go
Canada-based; shipped to the United States, Mexico, Germany, Brazil and Egypt
Section 01 / The work
Built around duct and fitting fabrication
HVAC, ductwork and sheet metal is one of the largest industry groups in our customer base. That is not a marketing line — it is who calls us. So the questions we get are the ones your shop asks: which machine sets this joint, what tooling does it take, and is there one on the floor right now.
Most people who call have a drawing and a joint, not a machine catalogue. That is fine — describing what you are fabricating is enough for us to point at the right machine and the right tooling.
Section 02 / Two processes
Riveting and clinching
We deal in machines for both. Which one suits a job depends on the joint, the material, what the assembly has to look like and what you are already set up to run.
Process A
A fastener is set through the sheets and upset to form the joint. Machines range from impact and squeeze-type rivet setters through to orbital riveting platforms, which form the rivet head progressively rather than in a single blow.
Rivet type and size drive the tooling — the anvil, jaws, pocket and driver have to match the fastener as well as the machine.
See the machine familiesProcess B
The sheets themselves are formed into an interlocking joint. No separate fastener is consumed, which changes both the consumable picture and what the finished joint looks like.
Clinching machines are a long-standing fixture in sheet metal and duct work, and they are part of what we stock and refurbish.
See the machine familiesSection 03 / Condition
Graded before it is offered
The fair question about any refurbished machine is: what condition is it really in? We grade every machine on the same four-step scale and we tell you the grade up front, including when the honest answer is “this one is a parts machine.”
RefurbishedReady to run
Gone through our refurbishment process and tested.
WorkingNeeds cosmetic attention
Functional machine; appearance has not been brought up.
Parts machineNot sold to run
Sold for the components in it, not as a production machine.
As-isSold on that basis
Offered exactly as it sits, described as such.
Section 04 / Selection
Technical advisory
Anyone can list equipment. The part that is hard to replace is decades of working with these specific machines — what they will and will not do, what tooling they take, and which of them is a sensible answer to the job in front of you.
Ask us
Describe the part, the material and the joint. We will tell you what fits and what does not.
Ask us
Machines need the right anvil, jaws, pocket and driver for the fastener you are setting.
Ask us
Many of these models are out of production. We deal in them daily and can say where a given machine stands.
Section 05 / Parts
We also supply spare parts and consumables — anvils, jaws, pockets and drivers — plus repair and refurbishment work on machines you already own. If parts are what you came for rather than a machine, that is covered in depth on our parts and service site.
Section 06 / Quote
You do not need a model number. Tell us what you are fabricating and how you would like to be reached, and we will come back to you about what we have and what it would take.