Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses which deal with products inside drums, you will need to use an attachment so as to lift, store and move them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you could obtain for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing requirements. These attachments are specifically meant in order to deal with drum containers - therefore 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 utilized to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are accessible in three and four tine models. This accessory is totally mechanical, therefore enabling the the one operating it to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This attachment is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole objective of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Though the reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could 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 attachment which mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to pick up 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 executed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is utilized for operations that happen below shoulder level. For operations which should occur over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be used.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, only simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible in automatic and semi-automatic models. They are for use in the tight head or open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can be connected in a couple of ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Either 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 spacing available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal choice in drum forklift attachments. This particular accessory will work for either the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by utilizing steel jaws to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between all of the drums. The standard unit used in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this accessory is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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