Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to handle storing, lifting and moving pallets. For companies that handle items inside drums, you have to make use of an attachment to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments which you could acquire for all of your drum lifting requirements. These attachments are particularly meant 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 offered in three and four tine designs. They are operational for the loading and unloading of drums off drum stands, racks and vehicles. This particular accessory is fully mechanical, thus enabling the operator to operate all from the comfort of the forklift seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This accessory is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole objective of handling steel drums which have rolling hoops. Even though the purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the transporting 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 attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is intended for operations which happen beneath shoulder level. For operations that must occur over shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are meant for unstacking and stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing intricate, only easy horizontal placement 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 versions that could be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can even be attached in many different ways to the forklift. One method 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 operator to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the perfect option for lift truck accessories, when there is a necessity to stockpile drums with limited area available. This particular attachment can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing metal jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and sets it down without requiring any space between all of the drums. The typical unit utilized in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this particular attachment comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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