Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to deal with moving, lifting and storing pallets. For companies that handle items in drums, you must use an attachment so as to lift, store and move them. There are several drum forklift attachments that you can obtain for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing requirements. These attachments are specifically used in order to deal with drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be used to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are obtainable in three and four tine models. This particular attachment is completely mechanical, therefore enabling 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 accessory is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole purpose of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even though the purpose for the design was to handle 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 one more lift truck attachment which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator using a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is meant for operations which take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that must occur higher than shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted accessories. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, just simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both automatic and semi-automatic versions that could be used in the tight head and open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs could also be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-mounted jib. Both the semi automatic and the automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums require storage space with inadequate spacing obtainable, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option in drum forklift accessories. This particular accessory would work for either the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using metal jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between all the drums. The average model used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment is accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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