80/20 (company)
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| Type | Private, Family Owned |
| Founded |  Indiana, USA (1989) |
| Headquarters | 1701 South 400 East Columbia City, Indiana |
| Key people | Don Wood, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder John Wood, Co-founder Doug Wood, Co-founder & operations manager |
| Industry | Modular aluminum framing |
| Products | Fractional (inch) and metric T-slotted aluminum extruded profiles & accessories |
| Employees | 220 full time |
| Website | 8020.net |
80/20 Inc. is a manufacturer of T-slotted aluminum profiles and matching accessories. Their main product lineup consists of fractional (inch) and metric sized T-slotted aluminum profiles. They also manufacture a light duty one-inch aluminum tube framing system, called Quick Frame, and 1.5 inch prefabricated mid-duty framing system, called HT Series. The company was founded in 1989 at Columbia City, Indiana. 80/20 Inc. is a family owned business founded by Don Wood and his two sons Doug and John Wood.
[edit] Software
Over the past fourteen years 80/20 Inc. has offered a free plug-in design software for AutoCAD. The most current version of this software is called AutoQuoterX. This software allows users to design frames using only 80/20 Inc. T-slotted profiles and most matching accessories. When a design is finished, a user can then generate a bill of materials of the product used in that design.
80/20 Inc. also has a free profile stress calculator that can be used to figure the stress a given load will place on an 80/20 Inc. T-slotted profile. 80/20 Inc. calls this software Deflection CalculatorX. This calculator will also figure the profiles deflection and column load stress. A measurement converter is also included with the Delfection CalculatorX software.
[edit] Services
80/20 Inc. has several services available to help the design and building process when using their framing systems. 80/20 Inc. has a large in-house custom machining department that can machine anything offered in their catalog as well as others materials that they do not offer. 80/20 Inc. sells their products through a large distribution chain. There is a link on their web site home page that takes you to a distributor lookup section. 80/20 Inc. distributors can help you design and build anything using 80/20 products.
