Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities which deal with items in drums, you will need to make use of an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift attachments that you can get for all of your drum lifting needs. These attachments are specially meant to be able to handle drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are lifted, stored or moved.
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 offered in three and four tine models. This accessory is totally automatic, thus enabling the the one operating it to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular attachment is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted 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 can accommodate the moving of large and extra large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a forklift accessory which mounts on to the blades themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator with a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is intended for operations which take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that must take place over shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment which can be utilized for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, only simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in semi-automatic and automatic units. They are utilized in the open topped or tight head steel drum styles. The drum tongs can be attached in several ways to the lift truck. One method is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums require storage space with inadequate spacing obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the best choice in drum forklift accessories. This attachment will work for both the 210 L drums in addition to 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using metal jaws in order to hold the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without needing any room between all the drums. The average unit utilized in the business is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this attachment comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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