Drum Clamp - Forklifts are truly meant to lift, move and store products placed on pallets. For companies that utilize drums, they usually need an attachment to deal with moving, storing and lifting them. There are a few different attachments that a company can use for all of your drum lifting, moving, and storing requirements. These attachments are specifically meant to handle drum containers - therefore there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container when they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be utilized in order to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are accessible in three and four tine models. This particular accessory is fully mechanical, thus enabling the individual 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 attachment is meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole purpose of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can 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 lift truck accessory that mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is for operations that occur below shoulder level. For operations that should take place above shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory which can be utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, only simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable in semi-automatic and automatic versions. They are used in the tight head or open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs could be connected in a couple of 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. 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 forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums require storage space with limited area obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect alternative in drum forklift accessories. This particular attachment would work for either the 210 L drums in addition to 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by using steel jaws to grab the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without requiring any room between the drums. The average model in the business is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular accessory comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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