Drum Clamp - Forklifts are really designed to lift, move and store items placed on pallets. For businesses which use drums, they normally require an attachment in order to handle moving, storing and lifting them. There are some various attachments which a company could utilize for all of your drum storing, lifting and moving needs. These attachments are particularly utilized to be able to deal with drum containers - hence there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are stored, moved or lifted.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is obtainable in three or four tine designs. They are operational for the loading and unloading of drums off vehicles, drum stands and racks. This attachment is fully automatic, therefore allowing the the one operating it 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 attachment is used 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. Although 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 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is one more forklift attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator utilizing a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is designed for operations that happen below shoulder level. For operations which should occur above shoulder level, the continual circle chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted accessory which can be designed for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking involves 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 available both semi-automatic and automatic models which could be utilized in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can even be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach them to a carriage mounted jib or a fork-mounted jib. Both 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 ideal option for forklift accessories, whenever there is a necessity to stockpile drums with inadequate space accessible. This particular accessory could be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by utilizing steel jaws to grab the edge of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without needing any space between all the drums. The average model used in the business is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this attachment is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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