Aluminum Structural Framing

Solving safety, material handling and ergonomic workspace challenges has been the hallmark of John Henry Foster’s aluminum structural framing design & engineering capability for more than a decade. Utilizing Bosch Rexroth (metric) or Imperial profile products to create highly customized and versatile aluminum framing structures, John Henry Foster can help reduce safety hazards, improve productivity, and move material through your plant more efficiently. Learn more about our multi-functional structures and applications below.

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Aluminum Framing Solutions

Aluminum Structural Framing Solutions

Aluminum structural framing is lightweight but very strong. It can be cut, assembled, and made adjustable, making it ideal for building a more ergonomic and leaner workplace, improving productivity and safety. Workstations and tables can be designed at custom heights, optimized for employee comfort. Aluminum structural framing requires no welding, and can be fastened in a variety of ways, allowing for all or part of a structure to be pre-assembled and delivered to your site.

Machine Safety Guarding

The safety of your employees is always a number one concern. Machine safety guarding can be designed, built, and installed by John Henry Foster in a matter of days with aluminum structural framing. The versatility of our metric or fractional solutions can be customized to guard even the most complex machinery and can be combined with a wide variety of light curtains, area scanners, locks, and other safety devices and accessories.

Machine Frames

The strength and durability of Bosch Rexroth’s aluminum framing solutions ensure your machine frame can stand up to the most rigorous 24×7 manufacturing environments. Custom design integrated wiring and cables, safety sensors, or other components – all easily modified or moved with a wide variety of bolt-together connectors.

Ergonomic Workstations

John Henry Foster can build custom-designed and adjustable workstations, tables, carts, and shelves at optimal heights to create a more comfortable working environment. This creates a lean, safe, and efficient environment, reducing physical stress on employees while saving time and energy for necessary tasks.

Displays & Storage

Displaying your product can be the key to getting the attention it deserves. Storing it correctly, can prolong the life of your product. Custom designed and completely modular aluminum framing allows you to create the on-trend display and safe storage you need. Bosch’s huge catalog of accessories, profiles and bolt-together connectors means you can build whatever you can imagine. 

Custom Carts & Tables

Today’s business environments require customized solutions. Custom carts and tables, offered by John Henry Foster, are designed to enhance efficiency and flexibility in various industrial applications. These products are tailored to your specific needs and feature modular designs that allow for easy customization in terms of size, load capacity, and configuration..

Material Handling Solutions

From flow racks, picking stations, and conveyors to material shuttles and carts, aluminum framing solutions from John Henry Foster can help improve the efficiency and safety of your production operations.  Each system and structure can be adapted quickly to changing products and assembly processes to optimize the workflow in your facility.

 

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What is Bosch Rexroth Aluminum Framing?

Aluminum structural framing is a versatile product that provides endless design options for your applications. Bosch structural framing can be designed and assembled to create machine safety guards and barriers, workstations, racks, fixtures, and other material handling equipment. Simple frames and bases can be used to store and display product, inventory, and other materials.

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Why Choose Bosch Rexroth Aluminum Structural Framing?

You can easily solve the most varied tasks using Bosch Rexroth aluminum structural framing, the largest modular profile system worldwide. Over 100 different aluminum profiles, like slotted aluminum, and dozens of bolt-together connectors are available for virtually any load or application. With our wide selection of accessories, almost any structure can be quickly assembled without special tools or skills.

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Why Choose John Henry Foster?

John Henry Foster is your source for Machine Safety Guarding Solutions.

  • Flexible SolutionsOur extruded aluminum solutions are modular, making them easy to expand and modify as your production needs change.
  • On-site EvaluationsWe will come to your site and work with your team to understand your exact machine and operator requirements.
  • StockWe stock our raw materials and manufacture them at our facility in St. Louis, MO - reducing your lead time and freight costs.
  • Custom AssemblyWe can provide completely assembled solutions as well as partial or complete DIY kits to suit your needs.
  • DurabilityWe provide durable solutions that last, keeping your employees safe for years to come.
  • Employee-OwnedWe put our name on every solution we make. We take great pride in providing high quality solutions that build long-term relationships with our customers.

 

 

The JHF & Bosch Rexroth Advantage

The combination of John Henry Foster’s decades of experience, in-house machining capabilities, a complete local inventory and the highest quality and variety of Bosch Rexroth aluminum structural framing and accessories means we will find a solution for any problem. The challenges of today’s environments require a customizable, adaptable, durable, and maintenance free solution, which you can be assured of from John Henry Foster, whether in a kit or fully assembled.