Drum Clamps - Forklifts are designed to deal with storing, lifting and moving pallets. For companies which deal with products in drums, you will need to utilize an attachment so as to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift accessories that you could acquire for all your drum storing, moving and lifting requirements. These attachments are specifically designed in order 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 utilized in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are available in three or four tine models. This attachment is completely automatic, hence allowing the person 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 accessory is meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole objective of dealing with steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even though the reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the moving of large and extra 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 one more forklift attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is utilized for operations which take place below shoulder level. For operations that should happen over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted attachments. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, merely simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in semi-automatic and automatic models. They are utilized in the tight head or open topped steel drum styles. The drum forceps can be attached in a couple of ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Either the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no need for the individual operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal choice for lift truck accessories, when there is a need to store drums with inadequate area available. This accessory can be utilized on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by using metal jaws to be able to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without requiring any space between all the drums. The average unit utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this attachment is accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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