Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For facilities that deal with products inside drums, you must make use of an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift accessories which you can get for all of your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are specially meant so as to handle drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is offered in three and four tine designs. They are utilized for the unloading and loading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This accessory is completely automatic, thus enabling the person operating it to be able to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the original purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums too. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another forklift attachment that mounts onto the blades themselves. Their purpose is to be able to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is utilized for operations that take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that should happen over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment that can be designed for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, just simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible both semi-automatic and automatic models which could be used in the open topped and tight head metal drum kinds. The drum tongs could likewise be attached several various ways to the lift truck. One method is to connect them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage 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 lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums require storage space with limited spacing accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the best alternative in drum forklift accessories. This particular accessory would work for both the two hundred ten liter drums along with one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws so as to hold the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without requiring any space between the drums. The average model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, though, this accessory is available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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