Drum Clamps - Forklifts are designed to deal with storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities which deal with items in drums, you must make use of an attachment so as to lift, store and move them. There are several drum forklift accessories that you could obtain for all of your drum storing, moving and lifting requirements. These attachments are specially meant so as to deal with 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 can be used in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are available in three and four tine models. This particular accessory is totally automatic, thus enabling the the one operating it 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 meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if 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 attachment which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to be able to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator using a clamp that 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 which happen beneath shoulder level. For operations which must take place higher than shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are intended for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, only simple horizontal placement 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 units that can be used in the open topped and tight head metal drum styles. The drum tongs could even be connected in many different ways to the forklift. One method is to attach them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach 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 need for the person operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the perfect choice for lift truck attachments, when there is a necessity to stockpile drums with inadequate area obtainable. This accessory could be utilized on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing metal jaws in order to hold the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any room between the drums. The average model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular accessory is accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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