Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle lifting, storing and moving pallets. For businesses which handle products in drums, you must utilize an attachment to lift, store and move them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you could acquire for all of your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are specially meant so as to deal with drum containers - therefore there is no chance 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 and four tine designs. They are operational for the unloading and loading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This particular attachment is fully mechanical, therefore allowing the the one operating it to be able to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole objective of handling steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can accommodate the transporting of large and extra 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 another lift truck accessory that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped 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 that occur below shoulder level. For operations that should take place higher than shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be used.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted accessory which can be intended for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal 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 are accessible in automatic and semi-automatic models. They are for use in the open topped or tight head steel drum kinds. The drum pincers could be attached in several ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. Another 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 lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the optimal choice for lift truck accessories, whenever there is a need to stockpile drums with limited space available. This particular attachment can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by utilizing metal jaws in order to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without needing any room between all the drums. The standard unit used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular accessory is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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