Drum Clamp - Forklifts are truly meant to lift, move and store products placed on pallets. For businesses which make use of drums, they often require an attachment to be able to handle storing, lifting and moving them. There are some various attachments which a business can use for all of your drum storing, lifting and moving needs. These attachments are particularly designed so as to handle drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be used to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are available in three and four tine models. This attachment is totally automatic, hence allowing the individual 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 can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even if the original purpose for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums also. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a forklift accessory which mounts on to the forks themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to be able to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator utilizing a steel clamp which fits over the middle of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is used for operations which happen below shoulder level. For operations that must occur above shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory that could be utilized for unstacking or stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, merely easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both automatic and semi-automatic models which could be utilized in the tight head and open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs can even be attached in many different ways to the lift truck. One method is to attach them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage 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 one operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums require storage with limited spacing available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal choice in drum forklift attachments. This particular attachment would work for either the 210 L drums in addition to 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws in order to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any space between all the drums. The typical unit in the business is a zinc-plated handler, although, this accessory comes accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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