Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For facilities which deal with products in drums, you will need to use an attachment so as to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift attachments that you could obtain for all of your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are specifically designed so as to handle drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is offered in three and four tine designs. They are utilized for the unloading and loading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This attachment is totally automatic, thus 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 particular accessory is meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of dealing with metal drums that have rolling hoops. Although the original reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can 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 attachment that mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is for operations that take place beneath shoulder level. For operations which must occur above shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment which could be meant for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, just easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible both semi-automatic and automatic versions that could be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum styles. The drum tongs can even be attached several various ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option for lift truck attachments, whenever there is a necessity to store drums with limited space obtainable. This particular attachment can be utilized on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using metal jaws in order to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without needing any space between all of the drums. The typical unit used in the business is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular accessory comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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