System and method for installing a blind fastener in a fastening site

A system for installing a blind fastener in a fastening site, the fastening site comprising a first longitudinal axis, the blind fastener comprising a fastening shank and a mandrel, the fastening shank having a head and a shaft and being configured to be swaged in the fastening site, the mandrel being configured to deform the shaft of the fastening shank in order to swage the fastening shank in the fastening site, the mandrel being configured to be detached from the fastening shank by breaking after the swaging of the fastening shank, the blind fastener comprising a second longitudinal axis, the system comprising:

• an insertion device configured to insert the blind fastener into the fastening site, the insertion device comprising a jaw configured to hold the blind fastener via the mandrel;
• a pulling and extracting device configured to pull on the jaw of the insertion device to apply a pulling force to the mandrel to deform the shaft of the fastening shank to swage the fastening shank in the fastening site and extract the mandrel after the fastening shank has been swaged in the fastening site and the mandrel has broken;
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• a passive compliance device that binds the insertion device to the pulling and extracting device, the passive compliance device being configured to allow a passive alignment of the second longitudinal axis with the first longitudinal axis during an installation of the blind fastener in the fastening site.