Your guarding solutions need to align with the tasks at hand. 80/20’s guarding solutions let you tailor barriers and enclosures to specific equipment, processes, or layouts so you can offer protection without interfering with productivity or workflows. For example, a guard can be designed to wrap around a conveyor system or built to enclose a robotic cell while still making safe maintenance possible.

Easy to customize and reconfigure, modular guarding systems can be adapted or expanded whenever your requirements change. These adjustments can be made to T-slot aluminum fencing without welding, cutting, or special tools. As guarding systems are designed and deployed, Employees can even weigh in on what would work best for them. This cultivates a sense of ownership and lets them know they have an important role to play in workplace safety.

The T-slot design makes it easy for your team to mount and reposition safety components as needed. For instance, if employees are working on a production line, you can connect sensors and emergency-stop buttons to T-slot aluminum fencing. If that area later becomes a packing station, you can easily reconfigure and relocate components. No matter what task is being carried out, the right safety measures can be integrated quickly.

1. 

   22100

   Hinge Safety Switch with 5 meter cord length

2. 

   21003

   Tower Light, 3 color with audible

3. 

   21055

   LED Task Light with Dimmer, 550mm long

4. 

   21120

   LED Rope Lights, multicolor, 1200mm (47.25")

5. 

   20003

   In-Line Rocker Switch

While many guarding systems are heavy and difficult to move, the best guarding systems for industrial applications are made of lightweight, corrosion-resistant aluminum profiles. They’re fast and easy to assemble, disassemble, and modify.

This not only makes it easier for your maintenance team to reconfigure as needed but also reduces the amount of downtime required for changes or repairs. Because 80/20 guarding for manufacturing plants relies on standardized connectors and assembly methods, employees can modify and maintain the systems themselves so they don’t have to wait on help from contractors or other third parties.

Investing in modular guarding systems means you have a framework that can be adapted and reused as your needs evolve: Consider it a scalable investment, where you can start small and expand as needed to align with projects, deadlines, budget cycles, and operational priorities.

You’re never locked into a single layout. Just because you built a machine enclosure with your modular guarding system components today doesn’t mean those same components can’t be repurposed as a perimeter guard tomorrow. This minimizes waste and reduces costs. As automation and technology evolve, you can reconfigure your T-slot aluminum fencing to support new workflows, new types of machinery, and innovation in automation and robotics.

Guarding systems don’t always have to be permanent solutions, either. Often, temporary guards are required for short-term projects, one-time events, or maintenance and repair work. 80/20 guarding for manufacturing plants is perfect for this since it can be quickly disassembled, moved, and reconfigured.

When there are several ways to deploy modular guarding systems, 80/20 has tools that enable you to quickly mock up, test, and refine layouts to make sure they’ll support your workflows and equipment as planned.

With resources like the 80/20 CAD File Library and IdeaBuilder, you can experiment with different designs virtually before you commit to one in real life.

No matter what you need from your 80/20 guarding solutions, your ideas are possible with our systems, which flex as your needs change. They offer all the benefits of modular guarding systems in factories while also bringing customization, speed, and simplicity that other options just can’t match.

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