Blind rivet nut-setting tool

A blind rivet nut-setting tool for setting a rivet nut, the tool comprising:

• a housing having an anvil;
• a pull stud extending from the anvil and capable of engaging the rivet nut;
• an output shaft defining a drive axis;
• a motor having a drive shaft defining a motor axis that is parallel to the drive axis, the motor is configured to transfer torque to the output shaft to rotate the pull stud about the drive axis;
• a clutch mechanism that is disposed between the motor and the output shaft, the clutch mechanism being moveable between an engaged state, in which torque from the motor is transferred to the output shaft when a reaction torque exerted on the pull stud is below a predefined torque threshold, and a disengaged state, in which torque from the motor is not transferred to the output shaft when a reaction torque exerted on the pull stud is equal to or above a predefined torque threshold;
• a transmission that is disposed between the motor and the clutch mechanism for decreasing rotational speed of the output shaft relative to the drive shaft, wherein the transmission is closer to the pull stud than the clutch mechanism is to the pull stud;
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• a pull mechanism that is driven by the motor and capable of translating the pull stud along the drive axis.