Drum Clamp - Forklifts are truly meant to store, move and lift products placed on pallets. For businesses that use drums, they usually need an attachment to deal with storing, lifting and moving them. There are several different attachments that a company can utilize for all of your drum lifting, moving, and storing needs. These attachments are specially used to be able to deal with drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be utilized to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are presented in three and four tine models. This particular accessory is totally mechanical, hence allowing the person 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 attachment is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork mounted and is designed with the sole objective of dealing with steel drums which have rolling hoops. Though the reason 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 actually a forklift accessory that mounts on to the forks themselves. The purpose of the drum rotator is to be able to pick up 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 executed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is designed for operations which occur below shoulder level. For operations that must take place above shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory that can be used for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing intricate, just easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable in automatic and semi-automatic models. They are utilized in the tight head or open topped steel drum kinds. The drum forceps can be attached in several ways to the forklift. One method is to attach them beneath a fork-mounted hook. Another way is to connect them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage mounted jib. Both the automatic and semi-automatic have a drum capacity of 210 liters. With the automatic, there is no need for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums require storage with inadequate area accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the best option in drum forklift attachments. This attachment will work for either the 210 L drums along with 120 L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by using metal jaws in order to grab the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any space between all of the drums. The standard unit in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular accessory comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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