Drum Clamp - Forklifts are meant to deal with storing, lifting and moving pallets. For facilities which deal with products inside drums, you must utilize an attachment in order to move, lift and store them. There are several drum forklift accessories that you could acquire for all of your drum moving, lifting and storing needs. These attachments are particularly used so as to handle drum containers - thus there is no risk of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner is obtainable in three or four tine designs. They are utilized for the loading and unloading of drums off racks, vehicles and drum stands. This particular attachment is fully automatic, hence enabling the individual operating it 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 attachment is intended for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab could be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of dealing with metal drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the original purpose for the design was to handle steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums also. 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 lift truck attachment that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their purpose is to be able to pick up the drum and rotate it upside down. The drum is clasped into the drum rotator using a clamp that fits around the center of the drum. The rotation is done by either a crank handle or a continuous loop chain. The crank handle is for operations which occur below shoulder level. For operations that should happen higher than shoulder level, the continuous circle chain will be utilized.
The drum tines are carriage mounted or simple fork attachments. They are utilized for stacking and unstacking 210-liter metal drums. Stacking requires nothing elaborate, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted accessories lessen the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs come in both automatic and semi-automatic units that can be used in the open topped and tight head metal drum styles. The drum tongs can also be connected in many various ways to the forklift. One method is to attach them beneath 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 need for the one operating it to ever leave the seat of the lift truck.
Rim Grip Handler
The Rip Grip Drum Handler is the best option for forklift attachments, when there is a need to stockpile drums with inadequate space accessible. This accessory can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing steel jaws so as to grab the rim of the drum. It lifts the drum and sets it down without requiring any space between all the drums. The standard unit in the industry is a zinc-plated handler, even if, this particular attachment comes obtainable in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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