Riveting device and riveting method

A riveting method for the connection of components in an overlap joint with a riveting device by means of which a rivet is driven into a rivet hole passing through the components, the riveting device comprising:

• an upper tool for driving a rivet into a rivet hole passing through the components, and
• a lower tool as a dolly, which has a deforming section for purposes of plastically deforming the end of a rivet shaft driven through the rivet hole,
• the riveting device having a magazine with a feed device for purposes of feeding a rivet into a shot passage of the upper tool, an actuator for purposes of accelerating the rivet introduced into the shot passage in the direction of the components, and an adjustment system for purposes of aligning the shot passage with the rivet hole,
• the riveting method comprising the steps:
• positioning the riveting device relative to the rivet hole, wherein a lower tool of the riveting device is arranged as a dolly on one face of a component, and an upper tool of the riveting device for driving a rivet into the rivet hole is arranged on the opposite face of another component, and a shot passage in the upper tool is oriented so as to be aligned with the rivet hole,
• feeding a rivet into the shot passage, and
• accelerating the rivet in the direction of the components, wherein during driving a rivet in, an end of a rivet shaft driven through the rivet hole is plastically deformed when the end of the rivet shaft impacts a deforming section of the lower tool.