Drum Clamps - Forklifts are meant to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For businesses which handle items in drums, you have to make use of an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are various drum forklift attachments that you could acquire for all your drum storing and moving needs. These attachments are particularly meant so as to deal with drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container when they are moved, lifted or stored.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is presented in three and four tine models. They are operational for the loading and unloading of drums off vehicles, drum stands and racks. This particular attachment is fully automatic, therefore allowing the operator to be able to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move steel, large and extra large plastic drums, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular accessory is used for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab is fork designed and mounted with the sole objective of dealing with steel drums that have rolling hoops. Though the reason for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can accommodate the moving 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 a forklift attachment that mounts on to the blades themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator with a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is intended for operations that occur beneath shoulder level. For operations that should occur over shoulder level, the continuous loop chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are simple fork or carriage mounted attachments. They are utilized for unstacking and stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, merely simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories decrease the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable both semi-automatic and automatic versions which could be used in the open topped and tight head metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can likewise be connected several different ways to the forklift. One way is to attach them underneath 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 one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the optimal alternative for lift truck attachments, when there is a necessity to stockpile drums with limited area accessible. This accessory can be utilized on either one hundred twenty liter and two hundred ten litter drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing metal jaws so as to hold the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without needing any space between all of the drums. The average unit in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, although, this accessory comes available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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