Drum Clamp - Forklifts are used to deal with moving, lifting and storing pallets. For facilities that handle items in drums, you will need to make use of an attachment to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you could acquire for all your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are specifically utilized to deal with drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be used in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are available in three or four tine models. This accessory is completely automatic, thus enabling the individual operating it to be able to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This attachment is designed 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. Although the reason for the design was to handle 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 another lift truck accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is 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 performed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is for operations that occur beneath shoulder level. For operations which should happen higher than shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted accessories. They are designed for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, just easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both semi-automatic and automatic models that can be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can likewise be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to connect them under a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 operator to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the optimal option for lift truck accessories, when there is a necessity to stockpile drums with inadequate space available. This particular attachment could be utilized on either one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using metal jaws to be able to hold the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between the drums. The average unit 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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