Drum Clamp - Forklifts are actually used to lift, move and store products placed on pallets. For facilities that use drums, they usually require an attachment in order to handle lifting, moving and storing them. There are some various attachments that a business can utilize for all your drum moving, storing and lifting requirements. These attachments are particularly meant to be able to handle 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 utilized in order to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are obtainable in three or four tine models. This particular accessory is fully automatic, hence allowing the person 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 used for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even if the initial purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums as well. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is actually a forklift attachment which mounts on to the forks themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator using a steel clamp which fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is for operations which occur beneath shoulder level. For operations that must take place higher than shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be used.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are intended for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, just easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable in semi-automatic and automatic units. They are used in the tight head or open topped steel drum kinds. The drum forceps could be attached in several ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach 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 need for the person operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums need storage space with inadequate area accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect alternative in drum forklift accessories. This particular attachment will work for either the 210 L drums as well as 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 space between all of the drums. The typical model used in the business is a zinc-plated handler, though, this accessory comes accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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