Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For companies which deal with items inside drums, you should use an attachment to move, lift and store them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you could get for all your drum storing, moving and lifting needs. These attachments are particularly utilized to be able to handle drum containers - hence there is no chance of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be used in order to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are accessible in three or four tine models. This accessory is completely automatic, therefore enabling the the one operating it to be able 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 particular accessory is meant 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 can accommodate the transporting of extra large and 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 one more forklift attachment that mounts onto the blades themselves. Their purpose is to be able to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator using a clamp which fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is utilized for operations which take place below shoulder level. For operations that must occur over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be used.
Drum tines are straightforward fork mounted attachment that could be designed for stacking and unstacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are available in automatic and semi-automatic units. They are utilized in the open topped or tight head steel drum styles. The drum tongs could be attached in a couple of ways to the lift truck. One method is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach 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 need for the operator to ever leave the seat of the forklift.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best alternative for forklift attachments, when there is a necessity to store drums with inadequate space accessible. This particular attachment can be used on both one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler operates by using metal jaws so as to hold the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without needing any space between all of the drums. The typical unit used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment comes accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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