Research & Development
Industrial research and development positions your business for success, helps you stand out in crowded markets, and drives continuous breakthroughs. But, to keep up, research and development in manufacturing requires infrastructure from 80/20 to leverage cutting-edge tools and automation, foster collaboration, and get over new hurdles. Advanced manufacturing R&D companies that can respond to rapidly changing and unpredictable conditions will be the ones that lead the market.
Scale Advanced Manufacturing R&D without Limits
The workspaces and infrastructure that drive advanced manufacturing R&D must support new workflows, ideas, and technology without downtime or expensive upgrades. Launching a new research project? Employees need fast access to workstations and collaborative zones so they can do their best work. Transporting sensitive samples or equipment between labs and testing areas? You need adaptable carts and enclosures. No matter what your team dreams up behind the scenes—whether it’s R&D for automation solutions or new product development—80/20’s modular solutions adapt and scale quickly to innovate.
80/20 Helps Manufacturing R&D Companies Build:
• Laboratory benches
• Work cells
• Casework systems
• Enclosures
Start Designing for Free
A free standalone software for all experience levels to design with 80/20 products. Easily switch between profiles, fasteners, and more and generate detailed BOMs & drawings.
From Concept to Completion
Our skilled technicians are always available through 80/20’s free design assistance, offering guidance to help you optimize and future-proof your space.
Let Us Build It For You
Construct your framing system on your own or ask for help. You decide whether you want us to assemble it onsite for you or pack and ship your components to make DIY assembly easy for your own team to handle.
Custom to Your Needs
Whether you need one part or 1,000 (or more), you never have to order in certain quantities or meet a minimum requirement before you can place your order.
Need Local Support?
Take advantage of 80/20 services through our network of distribution partners near you. Select from design assistance, on-site visits and ongoing support.
Industrial Design and Development Is Driven by Modular T-Slot Systems
As the pace of innovation quickens, R&D cycles become shorter and budgets get tighter. Industrial research and development teams that can’t respond risk falling behind competitors that find ways to be more agile. That’s why 80/20 framing systems are industrial research and development are so transformative. They help you keep up with the breakthroughs your teams are delivering. Built for reconfigurability, repeated deployment, and scalability without losing durability, our profiles, panels, fasteners, and accessories can be used the day you order them—and well into the future. This is how R&D drives efficiency in manufacturing.
Flexible Workspace
From benches to workstations, our modular T-slot profiles let you rapidly design and reconfigure collaborative and individual workspaces on demand based on team dynamics, workflows, and research priorities.
Rapid Iteration
The faster your industrial design and development team can work, the sharper your competitive edge. Our T-slot profiles let you build, reconfigure, and adapt quickly, so work isn’t interrupted by downtime.
Integration
T-slot channels keep workspaces neat and clean, giving team members more room to work. They route and secure wires, cables, hoses, and pneumatic lines, protecting connections that are vital to innovation while making sure they’re easy to access when repair or replacement is necessary.
72% of R&D leaders have plans to invest in digital systems over the next 24 months.
True Flexibility and Scalability
While steel and fixed alternatives can limit research and development in manufacturing, 80/20’s T-slot aluminum profiles are fully modular to meet the needs of industrial research and development. This makes it easy to experiment with layouts, setups, and workflows without committing to a permanent setup. (And even your “permanent” setup can easily be modified within minutes.) 80/20 design softwares like IdeaBuilder let you compare configurations before they’re built.
Made for Demanding Environments
Because they’re made of aluminum, our profiles don’t have the performance issues that might hold R&D teams back or pose safety issues. They’re non-magnetic, corrosion-resistant, and won’t oxidize or corrode. Easy to clean and disinfect, they’re well-suited for sensitive lab and cleanroom applications that must comply with stringent standards.
Protection for Sensitive Assets
If your industrial design and development environment handles delicate or hazardous substances, such as samples, chemicals, instruments, or sensitive electronics, you need a way to organize, protect, and store them. 80/20’s panels, parts, and accessories let you create whatever you need to innovate safely.
