Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities that handle items in drums, you have to utilize an attachment to be able to store, move and lift them. There are various drum forklift attachments which you could acquire for all your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are specifically designed in order to handle drum containers - therefore there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be used to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are accessible in three and four tine models. This accessory is completely mechanical, hence enabling the the one operating it to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is used for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole purpose of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the transporting of extra large and large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a lift truck attachment that mounts on to the forks themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator with a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is used for operations which happen below shoulder level. For operations that must take place over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be used.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, only simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both automatic and semi-automatic versions that could be utilized in the tight head and open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs could likewise be attached in many different ways to the lift truck. One method is to attach them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-mounted jib. Either the semi automatic and the automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no need for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums need storage with inadequate area accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect choice in drum forklift accessories. This particular accessory will work for both the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by utilizing steel jaws to hold the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any space between all the drums. The average model utilized in the business is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this accessory is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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