Advantages of T Slot Aluminum Extrusions

You could build about anything with this easily constructed material. T-slot aluminum extrusions with fasteners and brackets quickly transform into cabinets, workstations, tables, and anything imagined. There are several advantages to using T-slots over other materials, such as wood and welded steel. It is strong, corrosion-resistant, and weighs less; it is non-combustible and much more cost-effective.

 

Easy to Assemble and Disassemble 

 

The assembly of the T-slot’s framework can be done in minutes, and the same goes for the disassembly. How often have there been situations where we needed to reorganize our areas to make room for more things. T-slots are excellent in these situations.

 

Easy to Modify

 

The beauty of an aluminum t-slot is that you can modify your structure after building your project by mounting additional parts with more T-slots without drilling or welding. This engineering flexibility makes everything so easy that you can add or subtract the pieces even if mistakes are made in measurements. If you have built a table or workstation and feel the height is incorrect, you can easily loosen the screws and adjust it.  

 

Design Flexibility

 

The modular T-slot design is the critical feature that allows aluminum extrusion’s versatility. It’s as simple as inserting a connector into the T-slot and tightening it using essential hand tools. You can join components at any time and location, whereas using other materials will bring about dust, sparks, and noise. There are a lot of ready-to-use parts available such as handles, casters, brackets, gussets, plates, and more. This gives the design engineers an extensive library to design their structure using standard, off-the-shelf components and avoid designing custom parts that are more expensive and come with longer lead times.   

 

Clean, Strong, and Corrosion Resistant

 

As a metal, Aluminum is known for its weakness. However, T-slot profiles can be made as strong as desired. The application will dictate different profile sizes. They are perfect for all seasons, for they are corrosion-resistant. They are looking at it from all points of view; t-slots trump over other materials. They are cleaner and neater. 

Easy to Package and Ship

 

Since it is straightforward to assemble and disassemble T-slot extrusions, the assembly can be done on-site using basic hand tools. This way, you don’t have to pay a high price to ship large structures, which is the case for welded steel. Assembly is safe, with no sparks, noise, or dust, so it can even be done in a clean place like an office or a lab.  

 

Just think of your structure and build it with T-slots!

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HVH offers TSLOTS by Bonnell Aluminum; we work closely with the Bonnell engineering team to provide superior customer service and engineering support.