Drum Clamp - Forklifts are truly designed to store, move and lift items placed on pallets. For facilities that use drums, they normally need an attachment to be able to handle moving, storing and lifting them. There are a few various attachments that a business could use for all of your drum storing, lifting and moving needs. These attachments are specially used to be able to handle drum containers - hence there is no risk 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 in order to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are accessible in three or four tine models. This accessory is fully mechanical, therefore allowing the operator to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is used for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of dealing with metal drums which have rolling hoops. Although the initial purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums too. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is one more forklift accessory which mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to pick up 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 utilized for operations that happen below shoulder level. For operations which should take place over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted attachment that can be designed for unstacking or stacking 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 are obtainable both automatic and semi-automatic versions that can be used in the open topped and tight head metal drum kinds. The drum tongs could even be attached in many different 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 semi automatic and the automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the individual operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums require storage space with limited area accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the best choice in drum forklift attachments. This attachment would work for either the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using metal jaws to be able to hold the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without needing any room between the drums. The average model utilized in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, though, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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