Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses that deal with items inside drums, you must utilize an attachment to be able to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift attachments which you can get for all your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are particularly used to be able to handle drum containers - hence there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container when they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be utilized in order to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are offered in three or four tine models. This particular attachment is completely mechanical, thus enabling the operator 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 meant for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Though the initial reason for the design was to deal with 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 forklift accessory that mounts on to the blades themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to be able 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 middle of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is used for operations which take place beneath shoulder level. For operations which must happen over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are used for unstacking and stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, only simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both semi-automatic and automatic versions which could be used in the tight head and open topped steel drum styles. The drum tongs could also be attached several various 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. Both the semi automatic and the automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no requirement for the person operating it to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the perfect alternative for lift truck accessories, whenever there is a necessity to stockpile drums with limited space obtainable. This particular accessory can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws in order to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any space between all the drums. The typical unit utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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