Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For facilities that handle products in drums, you must use an attachment to store, move and lift them. There are various drum forklift accessories that you can get for all your drum storing, moving and lifting requirements. These attachments are specifically utilized to be able to handle drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the item or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be used in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are accessible in three and four tine models. This attachment is totally automatic, hence enabling the individual operating it 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 attachment is meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if 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 another lift truck accessory which mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to be able to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is designed for operations which take place below shoulder level. For operations which must happen over shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are meant for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, just easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable in semi-automatic and automatic versions. They are for use in the tight head or open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs could be connected in a few ways to the lift truck. One method is to attach them underneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to attach them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-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 forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best option for forklift attachments, when there is a need to store drums with inadequate space accessible. This accessory can be used on either one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using metal jaws to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without needing any room between the drums. The typical unit in the trade 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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