Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle lifting, storing and moving pallets. For companies which deal with products inside drums, you must make use of an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift accessories which you can acquire for all of your drum lifting needs. These attachments are particularly used so as to deal with drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be utilized to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are accessible in three or four tine models. This accessory is fully mechanical, thus enabling the individual operating it to be able 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 particular attachment is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole objective of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can accommodate the transporting of large and extra large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another forklift attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to be able to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator with a clamp that fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is utilized for operations that take place below shoulder level. For operations that should take place higher than shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, merely easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible both automatic and semi-automatic models which could be utilized in the tight head and open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can also be attached in many different ways to the lift truck. One method is to attach them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect 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 individual operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums need storage with limited spacing accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the best option in drum forklift accessories. This particular attachment would work for either the two hundred ten liter drums as well as one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing metal jaws in order to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and puts it down without needing any room between all of the drums. The typical model in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular accessory is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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