Drum Clamps - Forklifts are meant to deal with lifting, storing and moving pallets. For facilities that handle items in drums, you must utilize an attachment in order to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift attachments that you can acquire for all your drum storing and moving needs. These attachments are particularly utilized so as to deal with drum containers - thus there is no chance of damage to the item or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner could be used in order to load and unload drums off of vehicles, racks, and drum stands. These are accessible in three and four tine models. This attachment is completely mechanical, therefore enabling the individual operating it 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 that have rolling hoops. Although the purpose for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab could accommodate the moving of extra large and 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 another forklift accessory which mounts onto the blades themselves. Their objective is to be able to lift the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator using a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is intended for operations which occur below shoulder level. For operations which must occur over shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be used.
Drum tines are simple fork mounted attachment which could be utilized for unstacking or stacking 210-liter steel drums. Stacking involves nothing elaborate, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are obtainable both semi-automatic and automatic versions that can be used in the tight head and open topped steel drum kinds. The drum tongs can even be attached in many different ways to the lift truck. One way is to connect them underneath a fork-mounted hook. One more 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 person operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
Whenever drums require storage space with limited spacing available, the Rim Grip Drum Handler is the perfect option in drum forklift accessories. This attachment would work for either the two hundred ten liter drums in addition to one hundred twenty liter drums. The Rim Grip Handler works by using steel jaws to be able to grab the edge of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without needing any space between the drums. The typical model used in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular attachment is obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink industry.
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