Drum Clamps - Forklifts are designed to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For companies which handle products inside drums, you will need to make use of an attachment so as to lift, store and move them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you could obtain for all of your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are particularly used to handle drum containers - thus 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 is presented in three and four tine models. They are used for the unloading and loading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This attachment is completely automatic, thus enabling the individual 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 particular accessory is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of dealing with steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even if the initial purpose for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums as well. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a lift truck accessory that mounts on to the forks themselves. The objective 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 crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is used for operations that take place beneath shoulder level. For operations that should occur over shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted attachments. They are meant for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, just easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible in automatic and semi-automatic versions. They are used in the open topped or tight head steel drum kinds. The drum pincers could be attached in a few ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach 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 person operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option for lift truck accessories, whenever there is a need to stockpile drums with limited area available. This particular accessory can be used on both 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between all the drums. The typical model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular attachment comes accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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