Drum Clamps - Forklifts are designed to handle storing, lifting and moving pallets. For businesses that deal with items in drums, you should utilize an attachment to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift accessories that you could get for all your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are particularly designed so as to deal with drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is offered in three and four tine models. They are utilized for the loading and unloading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This attachment is fully automatic, hence allowing the individual operating it to be able 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 accessory is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Although the initial purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums as well. 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 which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to be able to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is designed for operations that happen beneath shoulder level. For operations that should occur over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork accessories. They are designed for unstacking and stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves nothing fancy, merely easy horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted enhancements decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available both semi-automatic and automatic units that could be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can even be attached several various ways to the forklift. 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. 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 lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best choice for forklift attachments, whenever there is a need to store drums with limited space obtainable. This particular attachment can be used on both 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws in order to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any space between the drums. The average model utilized in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular accessory is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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