Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities which deal with products in drums, you will need to make use of an attachment to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories which you can obtain for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing needs. These attachments are specially utilized so as to deal with drum containers - hence there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be used in order to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are presented in three and four tine models. This particular accessory is completely mechanical, hence allowing the operator 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 attachment is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of dealing with steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even if the initial reason 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 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is actually a lift truck attachment which mounts on to the blades themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator utilizing a steel clamp that 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 utilized for operations that occur below shoulder level. For operations which should take place over shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted accessories. They are meant for unstacking and stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, only simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are utilized in the open topped or tight head steel drum styles. The drum tongs could be attached in a few ways to the forklift. One way is to attach 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 one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the perfect alternative for lift truck attachments, when there is a necessity to stockpile drums with inadequate space obtainable. This particular attachment could be utilized on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using metal jaws to hold the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any room between all of the drums. The typical model used in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this attachment comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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