Drum Clamps - Forklifts are meant to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses which handle items inside drums, you should utilize an attachment to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift accessories which you could acquire for all of your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are specifically meant so as to deal with drum containers - therefore there is no chance of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be utilized in order to load and unload drums off of drum stands, vehicles and racks. These are offered in three and four tine models. This accessory is fully automatic, hence allowing the individual operating it to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole purpose of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Though the reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the moving of extra large and 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 one more forklift attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to lift the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp which fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is intended for operations which happen beneath shoulder level. For operations which must take place over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory which could be designed for unstacking or stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both semi-automatic and automatic models which can be utilized in the open topped and tight head metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can even be attached several various ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Either the automatic and semi-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 lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the ideal option for lift truck attachments, when there is a need to store drums with inadequate area obtainable. This particular attachment could be used on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws so as to hold the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any room between all the drums. The standard unit utilized in the business is a zinc-plated handler, though, this particular accessory comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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