Drum Clamp - Forklifts are designed to handle moving, lifting and storing pallets. For facilities that handle items inside drums, you have to use an attachment to be able to move, lift and store them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories that you can get for all of your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are specifically used so as to deal with drum containers - thus 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 is existing in three or four tine designs. They are used for the loading and unloading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This particular attachment is fully automatic, therefore enabling 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 can be mounted to the forks, with a designed objective of handling metal drums that have rolling hoops. Though the original reason for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums too. Drum capacity maximum is 220 liters for plastic barrels and 210 for steel drums with rolling hoops.
The Rotator
The drum rotator is a forklift accessory which mounts on to the blades themselves. The objective of the drum rotator is to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum fits in to the rotator utilizing a steel clamp that fits over the center of the drum. The rotation is performed by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is for operations that take place beneath shoulder level. For operations which should take place over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment that could be used for unstacking or stacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing fancy, just simple horizontal positioning of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable both automatic and semi-automatic units that can be utilized in the open topped and tight head metal drum styles. The drum tongs could likewise be attached in many various ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them under a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 need for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
When drums require storage space with inadequate spacing accessible, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect alternative in drum forklift attachments. This particular attachment would work for both the two hundred ten liter drums as well as one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws to be able to hold the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any space between all the drums. The average unit utilized in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even though, this accessory is accessible in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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