Drum Clamps - Forklifts are meant to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For facilities that handle items inside drums, you have to use an attachment so as to lift, store and move them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you can obtain for all your drum lifting needs. These attachments are particularly utilized so as to handle drum containers - therefore there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is obtainable in three and four tine designs. They are used for the loading and unloading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This particular accessory is completely mechanical, thus allowing the operator to be able to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed 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 transporting of extra large and large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another lift truck accessory which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp that fits around the center 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 occur below shoulder level. For operations which should happen above shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, merely simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both semi-automatic and automatic models that could be used in the tight head and open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs could even be attached in many different ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another 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 operator to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums need storage with inadequate area obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal 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 functions by using metal jaws to be able to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without needing any room between all of the drums. The standard model used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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