Drum Clamps - Forklifts are designed to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For facilities which handle products in drums, you have to utilize an attachment in order to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you can acquire for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing requirements. These attachments are specially meant in order 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 is presented in three or four tine designs. They are operational for the loading and unloading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This attachment is totally automatic, therefore allowing the individual operating it to be able 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 objective of handling metal drums that have rolling hoops. Although the initial reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums also. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is one more lift truck accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is designed for operations that happen beneath shoulder level. For operations which must happen above shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, only simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both semi-automatic and automatic models which can be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum styles. The drum tongs could even be attached several different 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 fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the operator to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums need storage with limited spacing available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect choice in drum forklift attachments. This particular attachment would work for either the 210 L drums as well as 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without needing any room between all the drums. The average model in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, though, this accessory is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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