Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For companies which deal with items inside drums, you have to make use of an attachment to be able to lift, store and move them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you can obtain for all of your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are particularly meant so as to deal with drum containers - therefore there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is accessible in three and four tine designs. They are operational for the loading and unloading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This accessory is fully mechanical, hence allowing the individual operating it to be able 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 designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling metal drums that have rolling hoops. Though the original reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could help accommodate plastic drums too. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is actually a lift truck accessory which mounts on to the forks themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to be able to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator using a steel clamp which fits over the middle of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is intended for operations that take place beneath shoulder level. For operations which should occur above shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be used.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted attachment which can be designed for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, just simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are utilized in the tight head or open topped steel drum kinds. The drum forceps could be connected in a couple of ways to the lift truck. One method is to attach them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 requirement for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the optimal choice for forklift attachments, whenever there is a necessity to store drums with limited space available. This attachment can be utilized on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using steel jaws in order to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any room between all the drums. The average model utilized in the business is a zinc-plated handler, although, this attachment is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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