What is a T-Track and where is it used?

The T-track can be useful for a wide variety of manipulations in the home workshop. The description of the aluminum profile for home-made machines is therefore important for everyone who is interested in equipping it to know. Learn about T-track sliders and clamps, T-bar dimensions and applications.

The T-track aluminum profile is so named for the presence of a T-shaped groove. The emptiness inside gives these products the properties that are appreciated by artisans around the world. With the help of such equipment, you can make truly unique products without any welding procedures. The assembly of the necessary parts is carried out quickly and with a minimum of time. For the manufacture of such models, only material that has been tested for compliance with state standards is used.

Initially, aluminum is soft. But special technological processing makes it much stronger. The profile is not subject to corrosive effects and works stably even in the most unfavorable situations. The relative lightness of the "winged metal" is also its objective advantage.

T-track can be a guide rail. A striking example of this is model ALU-TRACK 1 ... It comes with an anodic silver finish. The size of the groove is 19.3 mm. The total length of the product is 3050 mm.

In some cases, the mounting rail will be more in demand. It is used when working with:

• frame;

• shelving;

• supporting frame.

The sizes of T-bars also vary greatly. So, on sale there are models of size:

• 19 mm by 12.5 mm;

• 51.2x12.5;

• 99.2x16;

• 30.4x12.5;

• 45.6x12.5 mm.

The slider plays a very important role in practice.. This device allows you to move the working part with the tools and additional devices attached to it inside the profile tires. Attached to the slider:

• protractors;

• carriages;

• stops.

The adjustment is carried out with the help of "backlashes". Lever clamps with quick clamping mode can also be used. An example of this groove clamps EHOMA. The products of this brand are perfectly combined with the main products from Festool, CMT. Sometimes clamps with wooden handles are also used, which in skillful hands prove to be no worse.

Additional components include:

• hex bolts;

• regular and oversized washers (for example, M8 - simple and oversized);

• screws of DIN 965 standard of various sizes;

• washers-grovers;

• nuts with retaining rings;

• drop-in and cut-in nuts;

• caps;

• parts for mounting parallel stops;

• stop blocks and some other products.

The T-track is often used for various types of homemade machine tool. Such a product allows you to quickly assemble and assemble even the most complex products in a short time. With his help:

• get and modify various frameworks;

• form partitions;

• make stained-glass windows, panels, stands;

• produce furniture fittings.

But it is necessary to understand that the aluminum profile can vary greatly in its design... Only anodized products are able to maintain their qualities when used outdoors. However, for reasons of economy, not all manufactured structures are anodized, and this point must be checked separately. T-track can also be used in construction... Then it must be made of AD31-AD35 alloys - only in this case it will be possible to maintain the strength and reliability necessary for especially critical structures.

Aluminum profiles are also used in various areas of transport - from elevators to airplanes. Finally, they find application in the energy sector. There, such products are needed to create complex electrical communications. The T-track is often used for circular tables.

The hex head of a conventional bolt fits into the groove without problems. Therefore, the scope of application is almost limitless. If there is no guide, then the same circular saw cannot cut smoothly and accurately, it will waste about half of the working time. When working with plexiglass without a special track, it is impossible to make not only an even, but also, in general, any cut - the material will break chaotically. All the more, there is no talk of regulating the angle of the incision.

Profiles allow you to move or rigidly fix:

• clamps;

• stops;

• limiters;

• clamps.