Drum Clamp - Forklifts are utilized to deal with moving, lifting and storing pallets. For businesses which handle items in drums, you should use an attachment so as to store, move and lift them. There are numerous drum forklift accessories which you could obtain for all your drum storing and moving requirements. These attachments are specially used to handle drum containers - therefore there is no chance of damage to the product or drum container whenever they are lifted, stored or moved.
Drum Positioner And Grab
The drum positioner can be utilized to load and unload drums off of racks, drum stands and vehicles. These are available in three or four tine models. This particular accessory is completely mechanical, hence allowing the individual operating it to operate all from the comfort of the lift truck seat. Able to move large and extra large plastic drums, steel, its capacity is 210 liters. This particular attachment is designed for drum pyramid stacking.
The drum grab can be mounted to the forks, with a designed purpose of handling metal drums that have rolling hoops. Even if the initial purpose for the design was to deal with steel drums with rolling hoops, the drum grab can help accommodate plastic drums as well. 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 that mounts onto the forks themselves. Their objective is to pick up the drum and turn it upside down. The drum is clamped into the drum rotator with a clamp which fits around the middle of the drum. The rotation is executed by either a continuous loop chain or a crank handle. The crank handle is meant for operations that happen beneath shoulder level. For operations which must occur above shoulder level, the continual loop 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, only easy horizontal placement of the drums. The carriage-mounted attachments reduce the load center of the drums.
Automatic Tongs
Drum tongs are accessible both automatic and semi-automatic versions that could be used in the tight head and open topped metal drum kinds. The drum tongs can likewise be attached in many various ways to the forklift. One way is to connect them beneath a fork-mounted hook. One more way is to attach them to a fork-mounted jib or a carriage 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 forklift attachments, when there is a necessity to store drums with inadequate space obtainable. This accessory can be used on either 120L and 210L drums. The Rim Grip Handler functions by utilizing metal jaws in order to hold the rim of the drum. It picks the drum up and puts it down without requiring any space between all the drums. The average model used in the trade is a zinc-plated handler, although, this particular attachment is available in stainless steel for the food and drink market.
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