T Slot 80/20
Searching for 80/20 T-Slot Structural Framing Profiles? Grainger's got your back. Easy online ordering for the ones who get it done along with 24/7 customer service, free technical support & more. Choose from our selection of 80/20-compatible T-slotted framing, including T-slotted framing rails, T-slotted framing structural brackets, and more. In stock and ready to ship. 80/20 provides T-slot aluminum profiles, or bars, that have channels used to connect other bars and parts — for instance, panels, linear bearings or casters. It is a building system anyone can use to create custom solutions. 80/20 UNIVERSITY One of the many benefits you'll find with 80/20 profiles and parts is its versatility. Learn more about all 80/20 products and how to build your custom design. Find information on profile selection and the compatible fasteners, panels, casters, accessories and more. Narrow down options and get help figuring out what works best for you and how to build with 80/20 T-slot profiles and parts.
Our dedicated 80/20 engineers work with you to design and build custom fabricated solutions using extruded t slot aluminum. We tailor our solutions to meet your specific needs.
Machine Guarding and Safety
Safety is a huge concern for industrial plants. Heavy machinery can often lead to injury of even the most seasoned operators. We use 80/20 customizable solutions to help create safety guarding measures to address possible workplace accidents. Using extruded aluminum, we can create handrails, safety cages, and machine enclosures, among other things. These solutions are not only light and flexible, but are completely modular and can be scaled up with relative ease to accommodate expansion of the machine.
Work Flow Optimization
Moving parts through the working environment can be a challenge. Parts need to be moved and stored effectively and safely through the entire process of manufacture, storage, packaging and distribution. 80/20 products can be used to create customized carts, workstations, conveyors, storage solutions and more to keep your process, and your materials moving through the process.
80/20 solutions are modular, so can precisely fit your exact process with the option to scale up or down quickly as your business grows and changes. The extruded aluminum used in 80/20 solutions is comparable to steel in regards to strength, but doesn’t require as much maintenance, and don’t lose structural integrity with repairs.
The 80/20 Experience
There’s no better way to get a feel for 80/20 components and accessories than a hands-on experience with our T-slotted aluminum construction system. Schedule an 80/20 demonstration and we’ll bring the product to your offices or factory floor! You’ll understand the true potential of 80/20 products when you get a feel for the products and accessories in action! Our 80/20 Demo Van is outfitted with an 80/20 gurney – a virtual 3D catalog of profiles, parts and accessories that allows you feel the rigidity of the extrusions, experience the effortlessness movement of our linear bearings and interact with the modularity and strength of our many fastening methods.
80/20 T Slot Nuts
T-slot structural framing is a framing system consisting of lengths of square or rectangular extruded aluminum, typically 6105-T5 aluminium alloy, with a T-slot down the centerline of one or more sides. It is also known as 80/20 framing, after the company 80/20, Inc., one of the prominent T-slot framing brands, the name of which is based on the 80/20 principle. While there is no published standard defining this framing system, manufacturers have settled into two categories of product comprising several series each that is generally intercompatible across manufacturers.
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T-slot framing is divided into metric and fractional (imperial) categories. The T-slot is always centered along the long-axis of the piece. Pieces are available in each series with a square cross-section. Rectangular cross sections are available as well which measure x by 2x (where x is the defined width) - e.g. 40mx80mm for 40 series.
| Profile type | Profile name | Profile size |
|---|---|---|
| fractional | 10 series | 1' |
| 15 series | 1.5' | |
| metric | 20 series | 20 mm |
| 25 series | 25 mm | |
| 30 series | 30 mm | |
| 40 series | 40 mm | |
| 45 series | 45 mm |
CAD model of a rotating T-nut used with aluminium T-slots/ T-track/ extrusions
T-nut (red) installed in a T-slot