Drum Clamp - Forklifts are used to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For companies which handle products in drums, you must use an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you can obtain for all of your drum lifting needs. These attachments are specifically used to be able to deal with drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the item or drum container when they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is accessible in three or four tine models. They are operational for the unloading and loading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This attachment is totally automatic, thus enabling the person operating it to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the original reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can 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 a forklift accessory which mounts on to the forks themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator with a steel clamp which 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 utilized for operations which occur below shoulder level. For operations which should occur above shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment that can be used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, merely simple horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are used in the open topped or tight head steel drum styles. The drum pincers could be attached in several ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach 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 operator to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the perfect option for lift truck attachments, whenever there is a need to store drums with limited area accessible. This particular attachment can be utilized on both 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing steel jaws so as to grab the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any room between all of the drums. The typical model in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this accessory comes accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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