Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to deal with storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities that handle products in drums, you have to make use of an attachment so as to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you could obtain for all your drum lifting needs. These attachments are specially designed in order to handle drum containers - therefore there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is obtainable in three or four tine designs. They are operational for the unloading and loading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This particular attachment is completely automatic, hence enabling the person operating it to be able 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 particular accessory is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the initial reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums as well. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is one more forklift accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to be able to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator using a clamp which fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is designed for operations which take place below shoulder level. For operations which should take place higher than shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted accessory which could be utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, merely simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are used in the open topped or tight head steel drum styles. The drum forceps could be attached in several ways to the forklift. One method is to attach them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 requirement for the operator to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums require storage space with inadequate spacing obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option in drum forklift attachments. This attachment will work for both the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between all of the drums. The standard model in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this attachment is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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