Drum Clamp - Forklifts are used to deal with moving, lifting and storing pallets. For facilities that deal with products in drums, you will need to utilize an attachment in order to store, move and lift them. There are several drum forklift attachments that you could acquire for all your drum storing and moving needs. These attachments are specifically meant to deal with drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be used to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are available in three and four tine models. This accessory is totally mechanical, therefore enabling the operator to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is intended 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 deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums also. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another lift truck accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to be able to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator using a clamp which fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is performed 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 that must take place over shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, only simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable both automatic and semi-automatic units that can be used in the open topped and tight head steel drum styles. The drum tongs can even be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to attach them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-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 lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best alternative for lift truck attachments, whenever there is a need to stockpile drums with limited space accessible. This accessory can be used on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws in order to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any room between all the drums. The standard model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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