Drum Clamps - Forklifts are used to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For facilities which deal with items inside drums, you will need to make use of an attachment to be able to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift accessories which you can obtain for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing requirements. These attachments are particularly used so as to handle drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is presented in three or four tine models. They are used for the unloading and loading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This particular attachment is totally mechanical, hence allowing the person operating it to be able 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 particular accessory is utilized for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole objective of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can accommodate the moving of large and extra large plastic drums. Drum capacity maximum is 210 liters for steel drums with rolling hoops and 220 liters for plastic drums.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is another lift truck accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is intended for operations which occur below shoulder level. For operations that should happen over shoulder level, the continual loop chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted attachment that can be utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, just easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both automatic and semi-automatic units that can be used in the open topped and tight head steel drum styles. The drum tongs can even be attached in many different ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them under a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-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 forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums need storage space with limited area available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the ideal alternative in drum forklift accessories. This attachment will work for either the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any room between the drums. The typical unit used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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